Thesaurus / blackballed
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The Grill enjoys the distinction of having blackballed, without political prejudice, a Prime Minister of each party.
IN THE FOGRICHARD HARDING DAVIS"Just like Beecham being blackballed at the club," said the doctor, with a sarcastic bitterness all his own.
THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE, VOL. I (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVERI have voted whenever I knew anything about the person in question, and I have never blackballed but once.
SMITH COLLEGE STORIESJOSEPHINE DODGE DASKAMThe three who had been blackballed sat sulking on the ground with their backs toward him.
MONI THE GOAT BOY AND OTHER STORIESJOHANNA SPYRIIt was in vain to muse upon any plan for having Ball blackballed, or for rebelling against Bell.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE -- VOLUME 57, NO. 351, JANUARY 1845VARIOUSHe had been blackballed at two clubs, but apparently without any defined reason.
THE PRIME MINISTERANTHONY TROLLOPEIf an applicant is blackballed once, his friends should not persist in introducing his name again.
SOCIAL LIFEMAUD C. COOKE"You'd sure look silly if all the Psis in town blackballed you," I snarled at him.
MODUS VIVENDIGORDON RANDALL GARRETTHence, when an applicant is rejected, he is said to be blackballed.
THE NEW GRESHAM ENCYCLOPEDIA. VOL. 1 PART 3VARIOUSHe informed me that I had been balloted for by the committee, and had been unanimously blackballed.
THE BETRAYAL OF JOHN FORDHAMB.L. (BENJAMIN LEOPOLD) FARJEONWORDS RELATED TO BLACKBALLED
- blackballed
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- exceptionable
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- excluded
- ill-favored
- inadmissible
- inhospitableness
- inhospitality
- left out in cold
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- not in the picture
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- ungraciousness
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- exceptionable
- excess baggage
- excluded
- ill-favored
- inadmissible
- left out in cold
- lousy
- not in the picture
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- repellent
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- unpopular
- unsought
- unwanted
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- disagreeable
- displeasing
- distasteful
- exceptionable
- excess baggage
- excluded
- ill-favored
- inadmissible
- inhospitableness
- inhospitality
- left out in cold
- lousy
- not in the picture
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- rejected
- repellent
- shut out
- thankless
- unacceptable
- unasked
- undesirable
- ungraciousness
- uninvited
- unpleasant
- unpopular
- unreceptiveness
- unsought
- unwanted
- unwished-for
- blackballed
- disagreeable
- displeasing
- distasteful
- exceptionable
- excess baggage
- excluded
- ill-favored
- inadmissible
- left out in cold
- lousy
- not in the picture
- objectionable
- obnoxious
- rejected
- repellent
- shut out
- thankless
- unacceptable
- unasked
- undesirable
- undesired
- uninvited
- unpleasant
- unpopular
- unsought
- unwanted
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