OSTRACIZED Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

ostracized

verb

past tense of ostracize

as in criticized

to not allow (someone) to be included in a group; to exclude (someone) from a group She was ostracized by the scientific community for many years because of her radical political beliefs. The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed.

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Recent Examples of ostracized In interviews with The Associated Press, two Spanish passengers — speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears they’ll be ostracized once on land — said that despite the outbreak, their days aboard have passed with relative tranquility. —

ABC News, 8 May 2026 You are allowed to have relationships and be in the world and not be ostracized. —

Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 8 May 2026 She was subsequently kicked off the worship team, her family was ostracized and the man who’d attacked her was left unpunished. —

Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 He’s ostracized, bullied, ridiculed, beaten. —

Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 Once ostracized for its saturated‑fat profile, tallow is enjoying a resurgence since the USDA revamped its dietary guidelines in January, emphasizing oils with essential fatty acids yet still leaving space for such fats as butter and beef tallow. —

David Dickstein, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026 Though ostracized in their time, people who resisted internment are now seen as civil-rights pioneers. —

Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Miss Manners suspects that you will not be forever ostracized, or subject to any other repercussions. —

Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 Being directed to bowl alone with an unfamiliar adult, rather than with her classmates, likely made Annie feel ostracized. —

Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025

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Other candidates have criticized her and expressed their support for LGBTQ+ students — Rendon perhaps most pointedly.

— Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Owens, who has frequently criticized Hunter Biden and his family over his business dealings, drug addiction, and the controversy surrounding his laptop, previewed a wide-ranging discussion touching on addiction, politics, faith, and Washington’s political culture.

— Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026