Clues for the word "STIGMA"
We've had 66 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 181 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on September 10, 2025.
Definition of stigma
- v. t. - A mark made with a burning iron; a brand.
- v. t. - Any mark of infamy or disgrace; sign of moral blemish; stain or reproach caused by dishonorable conduct; reproachful characterization.
- v. t. - That part of a pistil which has no epidermis, and is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.
- v. t. - A small spot, mark, scar, or a minute hole; -- applied especially to a spot on the outer surface of a Graafian follicle, and to spots of intercellular substance in scaly epithelium, or to minute holes in such spots.
- v. t. - A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards.
- v. t. - One of the external openings of the tracheae of insects, myriapods, and other arthropods; a spiracle.
- v. t. - One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.
- v. t. - One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus.
- v. t. - A point so connected by any law whatever with another point, called an index, that as the index moves in any manner in a plane the first point or stigma moves in a determinate way in the same plane.
- v. t. - Marks believed to have been supernaturally impressed upon the bodies of certain persons in imitation of the wounds on the crucified body of Christ. See def. 5, above.
Referring Clues
- Blot
- Black mark
- The scarlet letter, e.g.
- Bad mark
- Scarlet letter, e.g.
- Mark of infamy
- Mark of disgrace
- Blot on one's reputation
- Stain
- Reputation ruiner
- Sign of disgrace
- Unpleasant attachment
- Mark of shame
- Hester Prynne's "A," e.g.
- Reputation harmer
- Black eye
- Bad record, e.g.
- Pistil top
- Shame
- Bad mark?
- The scarlet letter, for one
- Mark of discredit
- Mark of Cain
- Brand no one wants
- Symbol of disgrace
- Embarrassing mark
- Stain on one's reputation
- Reputation stain
- Black mark of disgrace
- Tough-to-remove stain
- Mark of social disgrace
- Mark's mathematical symbol covering temperature
- Where blame and pollen are attached
- A bad mark for the errant magistrate lacking rebuke
- A Greek character without a casual shirt? Shame!
- Brand leader in trouble - there's a letter about it
- Unpleasant person regressing into kinky behaviour, a mark of disgrace
- Brand displayed in flower centre
- Backward idiots get half mark, a black one
- Dump resident on old lady - shame
- Ultimately, "Scarlet Letter" is about disgrace
- Magistrate not to think much of terrible disgrace
- Greek character accepting time of shame
- Mark of the holy one, a pointless riddle
- Shame of Top Gear star's mum
- Mark's disgrace
- Magi converted to follow Saint Mark
- ___ shame "Top Gear" driver May doesn't finish
- Greek letter about end of bailout is a disgrace
- Symbol of disgrace or infamy
- Mark time in classic character
- Mark fools about to a degree
- Mark, Athenian character shackling Turkish leader
- Brand
- Letter from Greece about Turkish leader's disgrace
- Shame or social disgrace
- Mark's tense opening letter from Crete
- Flower part
- Slur
- Stain on a reputation
- Obstacle to seeking help, sometimes
- Unwanted association
- Mental health awareness campaigns battle it
- Negative social association
- Mental health literacy battles it
- Unfair negative association
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - September 10, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 05, 2025
- LA Times - September 02, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - June 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 08, 2025
- Family Time - February 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 20, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 08, 2024
- USA Today - September 10, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - September 08, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - August 27, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - August 20, 2024
- Your Life Choices - August 13, 2024
- Family Time - June 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 08, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 22, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 27, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - February 27, 2024
- Daily American - December 31, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 03, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - September 26, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - September 24, 2023
- USA Today - August 06, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - August 05, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - June 29, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - June 13, 2023
- Your Life Choices - April 06, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - April 02, 2023
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