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Blacken vs Stigmatise - What's the difference?

blacken | stigmatise | Synonyms |

Blacken is a synonym of stigmatise.


As verbs the difference between blacken and stigmatise

is that blacken is to make black while stigmatise is .

As an adjective stigmatise is

stigmatized, marked with stigmata.

As a noun stigmatise is

stigmatic, person marked with christ's stigmata.

blacken

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make black.
  • To make dirty.
  • To defame or sully.
  • Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. — Napoleon Bonaparte
  • To cook (meat or fish) by coating with pepper, etc., and quickly searing in a hot pan.
  • To become black.
  • The sky blackened as the storm clouds rolled in.

    Synonyms

    * (make black ): black, denigrate * (make dirty ): dirty, soil * (defame ): defame, denigrate, sully, taint, tarnish

    stigmatise

    English

    Verb

    (stigmatis)
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