| Main Entry: | stigma |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shame |
Synonyms: |
bar sinister, besmirchment, black mark, blame, blemish, blot, brand, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, imputation, lost face, mark, odium, onus, reproach, scar, slur, spot, stain, taint |
Antonyms: |
credit, pride |
| Main Entry: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flaw |
Synonyms: |
beauty spot, birthmark, blackhead, blister, bloom*, blot, blot on the landscape, blotch, blur, brand, bruise, bug*, catch, chip, cicatrix, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, discoloration, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, eyesore, fault, freckle, hickey, imperfection, impurity, lentigo, lump, macula, maculation, mark, mole, nevus, nodule, patch, pimple, pock, pockmark, scar, second, sight, smudge, snag, speck, speckle, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, vice, wart, whitehead, zit |
Antonyms: |
adornment, decoration, embellishment, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark; flaw |
Synonyms: |
black eye, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, defect, discoloration, disgrace, fault, odium, onus, patch, slur, smear, smudge, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint |
Antonyms: |
blank, clarity |
| Main Entry: | blotch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | smudge |
Synonyms: |
acne, blemish, blot, breakout, eruption, mark, mottling, patch, splash, spot, stain, stigma |
Antonyms: |
blank, clarity, cleanness |
| Main Entry: | brand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stigma |
Synonyms: |
bar sinister, black eye, blot, blur, disgrace, infamy, mark, mark of Cain, odium, onus, reproach, slur, smirch, spot, stain, stigma, taint |
| Main Entry: | contempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of disgrace |
Synonyms: |
discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation, ignominy, infamy, insignificancy, opprobrium, shame, stigma |
| Notes: | contempt is a more engaged, more involved feeling of disapproval than disdain |
Antonyms: |
endorsement, regard, respect |
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of shame; bad reputation |
Synonyms: |
abasement, abuse, baseness, black eye, blemish, blur, brand, comedown, contempt, contumely, corruption, culpability, debasement, debasing, defamation, degradation, derision, disbarment, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, dishonor, disrepute, disrespect, humbling, humiliation, ignominy, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, meanness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, pollution, prostitution, put-down, reproach, scandal, scorn, slander, slight, slur, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, turpitude, venality |
Antonyms: |
esteem, exaltation, honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | disrepute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonor, shame |
Synonyms: |
blemish, blot, brand, cloud, discredit, disesteem, disfavor, disgrace, ignominy, ill fame, ill favor, ill repute, infamy, ingloriousness, notoriety, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, scandal, scar, slur, smear, spot, stain, stigma, taint, unpopularity |
Antonyms: |
esteem, good reputation, honor |
| Main Entry: | guilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blame; bad conscience over responsibility |
Synonyms: |
answerability, blameworthiness, contrition, crime, criminality, culpability, delinquency, dereliction, disgrace, dishonor, error, failing, fault, indiscretion, infamy, iniquity, lapse, liability, malefaction, malfeasance, malpractice, misbehavior, misconduct, misstep, offense, onus, peccability, penitence, regret, remorse, responsibility, self-condemnation, self-reproach, shame, sin, sinfulness, slip, solecism, stigma, transgression, wickedness, wrong |
Antonyms: |
innocence |
| Main Entry: | infamy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shameful, bad reputation |
Synonyms: |
abomination, atrocity, disapprobation, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, enormity, evil, ignominy, immorality, impropriety, notoriety, notoriousness, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, outrageousness, scandal, shame, stigma, villainy, wickedness |
Antonyms: |
dignity, goodness, innocence, morality, righteousness, virtue |