Verb: ostracise 'ós-tru,sIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: ostracize)
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: ostracize)
- Expel from a community or group
"The tribe ostracised the offender";
- banish, ban, ostracize, shun, cast out, blackball, pill [slang]
- Avoid speaking to or dealing with
"Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracise me";
- ostracize
Derived forms: ostracised, ostracises, ostracising
Type of: exclude, expel, keep out, kick out [informal], shut, shut out, throw out
Encyclopedia: Ostracise