stigmatize
verb (used with object)
to set some mark of disgrace or infamy upon.
were stigmatizing
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past progressiveof stigmatize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Such regulations were stigmatizing and cumbersome — traveling in the predawn, before work — and yet that approach persists.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2022
