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stigmatize

verb

1 stigmatize

To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful:
— She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock.

synonyms: brand, denounce, mark, stigmatise.

Roget 874: be inglorious etc. adj.; incur disgrace etc. n.; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself.    play second fiddle; ... show more

Roget 932: disapprove; dislike etc. 867; lament etc. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; ... show more

Roget 938: accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach.    brand with reproach; stigmatize, slur; cast a stone at, cast a slur on; incriminate, criminate; ... show more

2 stigmatize

Mark with a stigma or stigmata:
— They wanted to stigmatize the adulteress.

synonym: stigmatise.


Moby thesaurus: advert to, allude to, attaint, band, bar, be taken as, bedaub, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, bespangle, bespatter, bespeckle, bespot, bestain, blacken, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blot ... show more.

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