outed
past simple and past participle ofout
out
verb[Toften passive]
uk/aʊt/us/aʊt/topublishthefactthat afamouspersonisgay,especiallywhen thatpersondoes notwantit to beknown:
Hardly aweekwent by without someonefamousbeing outed.
Examplesofouted
outed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Well, they have not reallyoutedthemselves tonight, have they?
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Experiences included ostracism, threats of being "outed", blackmail, malicious jokes, threats, and sometimes actual physical violence.
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He simplyoutedall the noble families.
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Often outing is used solely to damage theoutedperson's reputation, and has thus been controversial.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was fired after beingoutedas a trans woman by a tabloid television show.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Notable politicians, celebrities, military service people, and clergy members have beenouted, with motives ranging from malice to political or moral beliefs.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.People have alwaysoutedthe mailman and the milkman and the spinster who lives down the block.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the school wasoutedas harboring mutant students, an anti-mutant group attacked the school.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The relationship was eventuallyoutedto the family and the two got engaged.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was publiclyoutedin the press in 1996, that resulted in a controversy that led to the resignation of a colleague.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In many cases, beingoutedhad an adverse effect on their personal lives and their careers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As court cases proceeded, the military underlingsoutedtheir officers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He said that, with the number of people that would have had to be involved, "someone" would haveoutedthe hoax by now.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Army psychological-operations officers quickly distributed leaflets designed to convince locals that the general had cooperated andoutedkey insurgents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There may be exhaustion, and the result may not be ideal but the ordeal is over and the truth has beenouted.
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