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UK
/pəɹˈaɪə/
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[ US /pɝˈaɪə/ ]
[ US /pɝˈaɪə/ ]
NOUN
- 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.