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Stigmatize

🔄 Synonyms of "Stigmatize"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
marknoun	(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
denounceverb	(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
brandnoun	A mark or scar made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark cattle or to classify the contents of a cask.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stigmatize"

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Word	Definition
denounceverb	(transitive) To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame.
markverb	(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
brandverb	(transitive) To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
denigrateverb	(transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
condemnverb	(transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
vilifyverb	(transitive) To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
slanderverb	To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.
reprimandverb	To reprove in a formal or official way.
stigmatiseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize. [(transitive) To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.]
condemnsverb	(transitive) To strongly criticise or denounce; to excoriate.
destigmatizeverb	(transitive) To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata.
blotnoun	A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
destigmatiseverb	Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of destigmatize. [(transitive) To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata.]
befoulverb	(literally) To make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
infamizeverb	(transitive) To make infamous; to defame or smear.
infamiseverb	Alternative form of infamize. [(transitive) To make infamous; to defame or smear.]
shamenoun	An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
disgracenoun	The condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
abastardizeverb	(transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
monsterizeverb	To make something or someone into a monster.