stigma

Day 22Level 1

STIHG-mah

mark of shame

a mark of shame or discredit

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

blemish, stain

Antonyms:

pride, credit

Example Sentence:

The stigma surrounding Alzheimer's disease made her mother's last decade of life harder than it had to be.

Related Words

insensitive

KAL-uhs

insensitive to others feelings

act of thinking

KOG-ni-tiv

concerned with act of thinking or perceiving

weakness

dih-BIL-i-tee

weakness; incapacity

verbal attack

di-TRAK-shun

the act of belittling the reputation of a person, work etc.

transparent

dy-AF-uh-nus

transparent or gauzy; thin and delecate

small

dih-MIHN-yuh-tihv

small; little; tiny