Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate.
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Blackball
/ˈblækbɑl/
Synonyms for "blackball" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
banbanishbanishmentblackballingblacklistboycottboycottagecast outcategorically rejectcomplaintcutdeportdim viewdisagreementdisallow
Strong matches (36)
disappointmentdisapprobationdisapprovaldisapprovedisapprove ofdiscontentdiscontentednessdiscontentmentdisenchantmentdisesteemdisfavordisfellowshipdisgruntlementdisillusiondisillusionmentdispleasuredisrespectdissatisfactiondissentdissent from
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Noun(4 words)
Related words (59)
fugitategrimace atindignationlook askance atlook black uponlow estimationlow opinionnot approvenot go fornot hear ofnot hold withobjectobject toobjectionopposeoppositionopposureostracismostracizationostracize
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outlawproscribeproscriptionprotestrejectrejectionrelegaterusticatesay no tosend awaysend downsend to coventrysnubspurnsuspendtake exceptiontake exception tothink ill ofthink little ofthrust outthumb downthumbs downthumbs-downtransportunhappinessview with disfavor
Noun(8 words)
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More general
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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11 entriesballot tokenbar from membershipblack marbleblock appointmentdebar from associationdeny candidacyexcluded applicantformal rejectionformer membermembership bansecret ballot exclusion
Collocations
12 entriesballot tokenbar from membershipblackball a candidateblackball from membershipblackball votedeny candidacyexcluded membermembership exclusionnegative votesecret ballotsecret ballot blackballvote to blackball
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity.
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Why, if I had known you all my life I should have grown up in the condition of Adam before the fall, and they would have blackballed me at the clubs.
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Henry knew. If he were blackballed by this distaff Mafia, he was doomed: Endless, but always justifiable, delays would occur in the work he wanted typed.
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