stigma

Meaning

1. A mark of infamy or disgrace.
2. (figuratively) A negative and often unfair attitude (held by a group or society, to something).
3. A scar or birthmark.
4. A mark on the body corresponding to one of the wounds of the Crucifixion on Jesus's body, and sometimes reported to bleed periodically.
5. (figuratively, literary) An outward sign; an indication.
6. The sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination.
7. A visible sign or characteristic of a disease.
8. Synonym of pterostigma.

Synonyms

brand

mark

stain

blemish

spot

blot

proboscis

reproach

disgrace

slur

snout

speckle

blame

stigmata

defect

taint

trunk

fleck

spottiness

stamp

style

gynoecium

tache

measles

shame

punctum

gynaecium

ill-repute

carpels

gynecium

ovules

plant ovaries

blister

branding iron

calumny

censure

dishonor

dishonour

disrepute

fault

infamy

macula

maculation

macule

note

pistil

scandal

smudge

speck

Translations

estigma

stigmate

estigma

στίγμα

estigma

Stigma

stigma

Brandmal

Narbe

marchio

trompe

🎺

ميسم

stimma

Rüssel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstɪɡmə/

Etymology

From Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”), from στίζω (stízō, “I mark”). Distantly related to stick. (Compare Middle English stigme, from the same Latin source.)