ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPpariah
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pariah
Meaning: a person rejected or avoided by a group
pariah in a sentence
How pariah is used in real sentences:
After betraying his allies, the official became a political pariah.
The whistleblower was treated as a pariah by colleagues who feared the scandal.
“A boorish councilman mocked Valera's rural accent, hoping to make her a professional pariah whom respectable patrons would avoid.”
— from the passage The Northern Channel
Synonyms for pariah
Other words for pariah — outcast, reject and exile — carry the same meaning.
- outcast
- reject
- exile
Antonyms of pariah
Words that mean the opposite of pariah:
- insider
- favorite
- darling
Where it comes from
From Tamil paraiyar, the name of a marginalized social group.
Memory hook
PARIAH sounds like 'pair? nah': no one will pair with an outcast.