NOUN | person | anathema, bete noire | a detested person |
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communication | anathema | a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication |
Sounds | ahnae'thahmah | |
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Rhymes | Alabama ... Yuma: 82 rhymes with mah... |
Meaning | A detested person. | |
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Example | "he is an anathema to me" | |
Synonym | bete noire | |
Broader | unpleasant person, disagreeable person | A person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
Spanish | anatema |
Meaning | A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication. | |
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Broader | execration, condemnation, curse | An appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group |
Spanish | anatema | |
Catalan | anatema | |
Verbs | anathematize, anathematise | curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment |
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