blackball as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
blackball
noun
1 blackball
The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto.
synonym: barring.
verb
1 blackball
Expel from a community or group.
synonyms: ban, banish, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun.
Roget 55:
be excluded from
&c.;
exclude,
bar;
leave out,
shut out,
bar out;
reject,
repudiate,
blackball;
lay apart,
put apart,
set apart,
lay aside,
put aside;
relegate,
segregate;
throw overboard;
strike off,
strike out;
neglect
etc.
460;
banish
etc.
(seclude)
893;
separate
etc.
(disjoin)
44.
pass over,
omit;
garble;
eliminate,
weed,
winnow.
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Roget 893:
be secluded,
live secluded
etc.
adj.;
keep aloof,
stand,
hold oneself aloof,
keep in the background,
stand in the background;
keep snug;
shut oneself up;
deny oneself,
seclude oneself creep into a corner,
rusticate,
aller planter ses choux [Fr.];
retire,
retire from the world;
take the veil;
abandon
etc.
624;
sport one's oak [Slang].
cut,
cut dead;
refuse to associate with,
refuse to acknowledge;
look cool upon,
turn one's back upon,
shut the door upon;
repel,
blackball,
excommunicate,
exclude,
exile,
expatriate;
banish,
outlaw,
maroon,
ostracize,
proscribe,
cut off from,
send to Coventry,
keep at arm's length,
draw a cordon round.
depopulate;
dispeople†,
unpeople†.
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Dutch: verbannen
2 blackball
Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent.
synonyms: negative, veto.
Moby thesaurus: ban, banish, banishment, blackballing, blacklist, boycott, boycottage, cast out, categorically reject, complaint, cut, deport, dim view, disagreement, disallow, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval, disapprove, disapprove of, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disfellowship, disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment, displeasure, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissent, dissent from, distaste, exclude, exclusion, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, frown at, frown down, frown upon, fugitate, grimace at, indignation, look askance at, look black upon, low estimation, low opinion, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, objection, oppose, opposition, opposure, ostracism, ostracization, ostracize, outlaw, proscribe, proscription, protest, reject, rejection, relegate, rusticate, say no to, send away, send down, send to Coventry, snub, spurn, take exception to, think ill of, think little of, thrust out, thumb down, thumbs-down, transport, unhappiness, view with disfavor ... show more.
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