Pariahs - English meaning

Pariahs – definitions in English dictionary

noun
An outcast.
Usage examples:
They were treated as social pariahs
Synonims:
Outcast Persona non grata Leper Reject Untouchable Undesirable Unperson
noun
A member of an indigenous people of southern india originally functioning as ceremonial drummers but later having a low caste.

noun
A person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted; an outcast
Usage examples:
Because of its poor human rights record, the country was treated as a pariah by other nations.

Pariahs translation into English

Pariahs: translate from English into Chinese

贱民

Pariahs: translate from English into Dutch

Paria's, Paria, Uitgeworpene

Pariahs: translate from English into French

Parias, Paria

Pariahs: translate from English into German

Parias, Paria, Ausgestoßene

Pariahs: translate from English into Hindi

आवारा, सब से नीच जाति का मनुष्य, ख़ारिज, समाज-च्युत

Pariahs: translate from English into Italian

Paria

Pariahs: translate from English into Korean

본당, 파리아

Pariahs: translate from English into Russian

Изгои, Пария, Отверженный

Pariahs: translate from English into Spanish

Parias, Paria

Word origin

early 17th century: from Tamil paṛaiyar, plural of paṛaiyan ‘(hereditary) drummer’, from paṛai ‘a drum’.

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Pariahs – similar words

pariahism

noun
= pariahdom .

Pariahism - all meanings in English

pariah

noun
An outcast.
Usage examples:
They were treated as social pariahs

noun
A person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted; an outcast
Usage examples:
Because of its poor human rights record, the country was treated as a pariah by other nations.

Pariah - all meanings in English

Pariahs synonims

leper

noun
A person suffering from leprosy.
Usage examples:
The group has already taken six lepers who could not be accommodated at lukupa leprosarium to kawam…

noun
A person who has leprosy (= a disease of the nerves and skin)

Leper - all meanings in English

outcast

noun
A person who has been rejected or ostracized by their society or social group.
Usage examples:
She went from trusted pal to ostracized outcast overnight

adjective
(of a person) rejected or ostracized.
Usage examples:
They can be made to feel outcast and inadequate

noun
A person who is not accepted or has no place in society or in a particular group
Usage examples:
A social outcast

Outcast - all meanings in English

reject

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…

Reject - all meanings in English

undesirable

adjective
Not wanted or desirable because harmful, objectionable, or unpleasant.
Usage examples:
The drug's undesirable side effects

noun
A person considered to be objectionable in some way.
Usage examples:
How could she go around with such undesirables?

Undesirable - all meanings in English

unperson

noun
A person whose name or existence is denied or ignored, especially because of a political misdemeanour.
Usage examples:
But i really think this whole distinction is irrelevant to the cloning debate, and it's used to con…

Unperson - all meanings in English

untouchable

adjective
Not able or allowed to be touched or affected.
Usage examples:
Drug barons who were legally untouchable

noun
A member of the lowest-caste hindu group or a person outside the caste system, contact with whom is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes.
Usage examples:
During a recent visit, i found liberals and intellectuals, jet-setters and slum dwellers, men and w…

adjective
Not able to be punished, criticized, or changed in any way
Usage examples:
His home run record remained untouchable.

Untouchable - all meanings in English

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