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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social outcast |
| Synonyms: | bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | black sheep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disgraceful person |
| Synonyms: | ne'er-do-well, outcast, pariah, prodigal, reject, reprobate |
| Main Entry: | outlaw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is running from the law |
| Synonyms: | bandit, brigand, con, criminal, crook, desperado, drifter, ex-con, fugitive, gangster, gunslinger, hood, hoodlum, hooligan*, jailbird, marauder, mobster, mug, outcast, pariah, racketeer, robber, wrong number |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lone wolf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who avoids other |
| Synonyms: | hermit, independent, individualist, lone hand, loner, nonconformist, odd man out, outsider, pariah, rogue elephant, separatist, solitary |
| Main Entry: | wretch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derelict |
| Synonyms: | beggar, bezonian, blackguard, brute, bum, caitiff, cullion, dog, ingrate, knave, liar, libertine, looser, lowlife, miscreant, outcast, pariah, pauper, pilgarlic, poltroon, rake, rapscallion, rascal, renegade, reprobate, rogue, ronion, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scullion, scum, snake, vagabond, varlet, villain, worm |
| Notes: | retch is to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person |
| Main Entry: | castaway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shipwrecked person |
| Synonyms: | derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif |
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