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ANATHEMISE

Dictionary entry overview: What does anathemise mean?

• ANATHEMISE (verb)
The verb ANATHEMISE has 2 senses:

1. wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
2. curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

Familiarity information: ANATHEMISE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANATHEMISE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

imprecate; damn; beshrew; bedamn; anathemize; anathemise; maledict; curse

Context example:

The bad witch cursed the child

Hypernyms (to "anathemise" is one way to...):

arouse; bring up; call down; call forth; conjure; conjure up; evoke; invoke; put forward; raise; stir (summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

accurse; comminate; anathematize; anathematise; anathemise; anathemize; execrate

Hypernyms (to "anathemise" is one way to...):

deplore (express strong disapproval of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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