The meaning of Ostracize

verb

Keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something).

Usage examples:

Avoid excessive exposure to the sun

verb

Reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot.

Usage examples:

Her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the country club

verb

To vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group

Usage examples:

He was initially blackballed because of a dispute he once had with a couple of the committee members.

noun

A list of people or things that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should be excluded or avoided.

Usage examples:

He was placed on a blacklist which meant he was unable to get credit

verb

Put on a blacklist.

Usage examples:

Workers were blacklisted after being quoted in the newspaper

verb

To put someone’s name on a list of people who are considered not acceptable, which keeps the person from getting jobs, going certain places, or doing particular things

Usage examples:

The industry blacklisted him for exposing its corruption., the blacklist destroyed his career.

verb

Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.

Usage examples:

We will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme

noun

A punitive ban on relations with other bodies, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.

Usage examples:

A boycott of the negotiations

verb

To refuse to buy a product or take part in an activity as a way of expressing strong disapproval

Usage examples:

The union called on its members to boycott the meeting., she organized an economic boycott of the c…

phrasal verb

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

To get rid of someone or something, especially forcefully

Usage examples:

Cast out by his family, he was forced to fend for himself.

verb

Deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege.

Usage examples:

The public were excluded from the board meeting

verb

To keep out or omit (something or someone)

Usage examples:

The advertised price excludes the sales tax., [ u ] her exclusion from the invitation list was a mi…

verb

To intentionally not include something

Usage examples:

Under the terms of the insurance policy, it is impossible to exclude liability for death or persona…

idiom

To intentionally ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way

Usage examples:

I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.

verb

Refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally.

Usage examples:

He ignored her outraged question

verb

Refuse to acknowledge

verb

To give no attention to something or someone

Usage examples:

They ignored our warnings., the mayor ignored the hecklers and went on with her speech.

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Usage examples:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Usage examples:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

verb

Refuse to accept; reject.

Usage examples:

She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders

verb

To refuse to accept or obey something or someone; reject

Usage examples:

The evidence presented at the trial has since been repudiated., the election results were a repudia…

verb

To decide that an agreement is no longer effective and that you will not do what it says you must do

Usage examples:

Repudiate a contract/agreement failure to deliver on time will entitle the buyer to repudiate the c…

verb

Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution.

Usage examples:

He shunned fashionable society

verb

Avoid and stay away from deliberately

verb

To avoid or refuse to accept someone or something

Usage examples:

She shunned publicity after she retired from the stage.

verb

Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully.

Usage examples:

He snubbed faculty members and students alike

noun

An act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something.

Usage examples:

The move was a snub to the government

adjective

(of a person's nose) short and turned up at the end.

Usage examples:

Snub-nosed

verb

Reject with disdain or contempt.

Usage examples:

He spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned

noun

An act of spurning.

Usage examples:

It is a spurn of god's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness

verb

Reject with contempt