Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: anathema
IPA transcription: [ən'æθəmə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: anathema
    Meaning: a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
  • Synonyms: anathema, bete_noire
    Meaning: a detested person; "he is an anathema to me"
Usage examples
  • Let him be anathema....
  • This holy philosophy, to which the slaves were indebted for every thing, this invocation of the Gospel, was an anathema against property.
  • "As soon as the Church met in council, it launched an anathema against the masters who had exercised over their slaves this terrible right of life and death.
  • Indeed, when we mixed up our Quichua with a little Anglo-Saxon, they evidently thought the latter was a terrible anathema, for they sprang to their places without delay.