offscouring
9.9
People who are most hated and looked down on in a society
- noun
- /ˈɔfˌskaʊərɪŋ/
- Offensive
:
escoria
- Throughout history, many artists were seen as the offscouring of their generation, yet their work changed the world.
Examples
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The group gathered to help those who felt like the offscouring of the community and offered them support.
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"We are made as the filth of the world, and... are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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In their eyes, we were nothing but the offscouring of society, overlooked and undervalued.
Synonyms
15
4.8
A person who others dislike in a family or group
refers to the group's lowest or most despised members
9
8.7
A cruel, dishonest person that many people hate
refers to the most worthless or despised part of society
1
9.9
A person no longer accepted by polite society after losing status
focuses on being viewed as worthless rather than only losing status
Antonyms
How Despised
pariahdom
9.9
offscouring
- Offensive
dregs
7.5
riffraff
17
8.2
- Offensive
17
8.2
undesirable
8
6.0
- Offensive
8
6.0
Surface Forms
offscouring singular
offscourings plural
Morphology
Etymology
Offscouring comes from off- meaning 'away' and scour meaning 'to clean by rubbing', so it originally named what is 'rubbed off' something. By a strong image of dirt being removed, it came to mean people treated as the 'worst' or most despised part of society.