Black-sheep synonyms

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rascal (related)
One that is playfully mischievous.
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refugee (related)
A person who flees from home or country to seek refuge elsewhere, as in a time of war or of political or religious persecution
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outcast
One that has been excluded from a society or system.
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prodigal
One who is given to wasteful luxury or extravagance.
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bad-egg
(Idiomatic) Someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue
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scapegrace
A graceless, unprincipled fellow; scamp; rogue; rascal
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reprobate
(Theol.) A person damned; lost soul
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Find another word for black-sheep. In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for black-sheep, like: rascal, refugee, outcast, prodigal, bad-egg, scapegrace and reprobate.
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Black-sheep Sentence Examples

  • I'm the poop the black sheep left behind in the pen.

  • The only brother not to declare outright war on him, Kiki was a distant second to Andre in his tepid support of their black sheep of a young brother.

  • Both were composed of settlers in Asia ~Minor, the Black Sheep having consolidated their power at Van, the White at Diarbekr.

  • There is good reason to suppose that Jahan Shah, the Black Sheep Turkoman, before his defeat by Uzun IJasan, had set up the standard of royalty; and Zeno, at the outset of his travels, calls him king of Persia 1 in 1450.

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