FluentPlex

pariah

/pəˈɹaɪə/ noun C2
  1. Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
  2. A similarly despised group of people or species of animal. (figuratively)

Plural pariahs

+ Save to review

Learn pariah in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.