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Synonyms & Antonyms of anathema
1
a prayer that harm will come to someone
- uttered an anathema before driving the would-be robber from the his shop
Synonyms for anathema
- ban,
- curse,
- execration,
- imprecation,
- malediction,
- malison,
- winze
- [Scottish]
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- citation,
- commendation,
- endorsement
- (also indorsement)
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2
something or someone that is hated
- the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics is anathema to animal-rights activists
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“Anathema.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anathema. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of anathema was in 1582
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