Advertisement

View definitions for cast aside

cast aside

verb as in eighty-six

Advertisement

Discover More

Example Sentences

Today, it is being cast aside in the name of universal health care.

I was often treated as his personal sex object and cast aside.

To improve the quality of life, factional disputes are being cast aside.

Since distributors felt it too closely resembled the Virginia Tech massacre, the film was cast aside.

He says we should never cast aside caution, but says our implicit trust in strangers leads to good things more often than not.

The motherly woman received the babe instinctively and cast aside the travelling-rug in which he was enveloped.

Ultimately, finding the Emperor's cause in the ascendant, he cast aside hesitation and threw in his lot with him.

You must now cast aside all your wise sayings, which always fall like cold water upon my ears.

Love was the choicest gift of the Heelhi-Manitou, a thing not to be lightly taken, and never to be cast aside as worthless.

First she lost the bob from the peak of her red "pirate" cap, and then the cap itself was cast aside.

Synonym of the day

Which one is a synonym for smile?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 349 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cast aside, such as: deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, dumped, and eliminated.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement