OSTRACIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they ostracize ... he / she / it ostracizes

Past simple: ostracized

Past participle: ostracized

-ing form: ostracizing

Sense 1

Meaning:

Avoid speaking to or dealing with

Example:

Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me

Synonyms:

ostracise; ostracize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "ostracize" is one way to...):

exclude; keep out; shut; shut out (prevent from entering; shut out)

"Ostracize" entails doing...:

avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ostracize"):

boycott (refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

ostracism (the act of excluding someone from society by general consent)

ostracism (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expel from a community or group

Synonyms:

ban; banish; blackball; cast out; ostracise; ostracize; shun