blackballed

Meaning of blackballed

verb, past tense
  1. reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot.
    her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the Country Club

late 18th century: from the practice of registering an adverse vote by placing a black ball in a ballot box.

Information about blackballed

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of blackballed

black-balled

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
  • blackballed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

blackballed synonyms

Meaning fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff:

reject

Meaning exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something:

debar

Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:

bar

Meaning officially or legally prohibit (something):

ban

Meaning put on a blacklist:

blacklist

Meaning deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege:

exclude

Meaning officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization:

expel

Meaning drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place:

oust

Meaning a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business:

cashier

Meaning exclude from a society or group:

ostracize

Meaning refuse to accept; reject:

repudiate

Meaning withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest:

boycott

Meaning rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully:

snub

Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:

shun

Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:

spurn

Meaning exclude (someone) from fellowship:

disfellowship

blackballed antonyms

Meaning confess to be true or to be the case:

admit

Words that rhyme with blackballed

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