Usually means: Stain on personal or professional reputation.
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  1. black mark: Merriam-Webster
  2. black mark: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. black mark: Collins English Dictionary
  4. black mark: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. black mark: Wiktionary
  6. black mark: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. black mark: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. black mark: Dictionary.com
  9. Black mark: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. black mark: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. black mark: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (black mark)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Something that negatively affects someone's reputation.

Similar:
blot, blot on the escutcheon, stain, blackening, stigma, discredit, taint, smirch, infamy, scandal, more...

Opposite:
white mark, commendation, accolade, praise

Types:
smudge, stain, blot, spot, more...

Phrases:
Under the Sign of the Black Mark, give a black mark to, more...

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Similar:
blot, blot on the escutcheon, stain, blackening, stigma, discredit, taint, smirch, infamy, scandal, more...

Opposite:
white mark, commendation, accolade, praise

Types:
smudge, stain, blot, spot, more...

Phrases:
Under the Sign of the Black Mark, give a black mark to, more...



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