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[ UK /pəɹˈa‍ɪ‍ə/ ]
[ US /pɝˈaɪə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)

How To Use pariah In A Sentence

  • His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
  • You will be called a lumberjack -- a social pariah. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest
  • I know that attitude gives me pariah status in polite society, but there it is. Times, Sunday Times
  • He's become a social pariah and it couldn't happen to a nicer fella. The Sun
  • His application lodged, he suffered five years as a social pariah. Times, Sunday Times
  • As Romantic drama evolves, the pariah soon becomes the most compelling of characters.
  • Because Dad left the tribe to marry an outsider, however, he was considered a pariah.
  • In this modern age of cynicism and celebrity the road from pariah to popularity is a short one.
  • There are various things to avoid, washer-men's donkeys and pariah dogs, unyoked ticca-gharries, heaps of rubbish, perhaps a leprous beggar. Hilda A Story of Calcutta
  • Spring allergies will be mistaken for deathly disease and your runny nose will make you a social pariah.
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