ANATHEMIZE
Dictionary entry overview: What does anathemize mean?
• ANATHEMIZE (verb)
The verb ANATHEMIZE 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: ANATHEMIZE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ANATHEMIZE (verb)
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 "anathemize" 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
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 "anathemize" is one way to...):
deplore (express strong disapproval of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue anathemize the movie
