When I accidentally replied-all to the class email with a picture of my pet wearing my underwear, I became the legendary pariah of the inbox.
The kid who suggested “more homework for fun” instantly became a pariah, and even the teacher looked slightly betrayed.
My stinky sneakers are pariahs at school; even the lost-and-found box shoved them into their own corner for safety reasons.
In our family group chat, Grandma’s all-caps messages make her a pariah of punctuation, but also the queen of dramatic announcements.
In history, “pariah dogs” in some cities used to be stray dogs that nobody wanted around—today, if a dog tried to be a pariah, humans would probably just adopt it, put it in a sweater, and give it its own Instagram account.
At the picnic, the boy sat alone; others glanced away. Children called him pariah and left his sandwich on the bench. A girl watched the pariah, felt pity, and sat beside the pariah, offering half her sandwich. The group frowned, calling him pariah again, but he smiled, no longer only a pariah.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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