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stigmata

NOUN

shame

Synonyms

STRONGEST

scar stain

STRONG

blame blemish blot brand disfigurement disgrace dishonor imputation mark odium onus reproach slur spot taint

WEAK

bar sinister besmirchment black mark lost face

Antonyms

STRONG

approval benefit esteem exaltation honor praise respect

WEAK

credit pride

Example Sentences

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St. Francis, unmistakable from his tonsure, his chestnut robe and his stigmata, looks lovingly at the Christ Child.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

A student recently asked me about St. Francis of Assisi and the stigmata.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

At least get some kind of stigmata going.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024

“But right now he’s ambulatory enough to where he doesn’t have all the stigmata of being critically ill in an intensive care unit, and all of the things that come with that.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

I was a bom-and-bred Catholic and thought immediately it was some sort of writing stigmata and that I should get to a church.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos