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present tense third-person singular of anathematize
Synonyms & Antonyms of anathematizes
1
to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon
- heretics anathematized by the church leaders
Synonyms for anathematizes
- beshrews
- [archaic],
- curses,
- imprecates,
- maledicts
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2
to declare to be morally wrong or evil
- fundamentalist preachers who anathematize any departure from a literal interpretation of the Bible
Synonyms for anathematizes
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- attacks,
- blames,
- blasts,
- criticizes,
- dispraises,
- disses
- [slang],
- faults,
- knocks,
- pans,
- slams
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