Defenition of the word anathema
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Defenition of the word anathema
- A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication.
- Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority.
- a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
- a detested person; "he is an anathema to me"
- a detested person
Synonyms for the word anathema
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- abhorrence
- abomination
- bete noire
Similar words in the anathema
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- anathema
- anathema's
- anathemas
Hypernyms for the word anathema
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- condemnation
- curse
- disagreeable person
- execration
- unpleasant person
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