verb
- Burn with a branding iron to indicate ownership; of animals.
- synonyms: brand
- To accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful.
- usage: "He denounced the government action"; "She was stigmatized by society because she had a child out of wedlock"
- synonyms: stigmatize, stigmatise, brand, denounce, mark
- Mark with a brand or trademark.
- usage: "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price"
- Mark or expose as infamous.
- usage: "She was branded a loose woman"
adjective
- Of goods and merchandise. ( marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights)
- usage: "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name"
- Marked with a brand.
- usage: "branded cattle"; "branded criminal"
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