anathemise
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Definition
- Verb (Transitive):
- To pronounce a formal curse upon someone or something; to declare someone or something to be evil, accursed, or anathema, often with a threat of divine punishment.
- To wish harm or evil upon someone; to invoke misfortune.
Usage and Examples
- The priest was asked to anathemise the unholy relic.
- In his rage, he would anathemise anyone who opposed him.
- The ancient text describes how the prophet could anathemise a city for its sins.
Advanced Usage
- To be anathematised: This is the common passive form, describing the state of having been cursed or formally denounced.
- The heretic was anathematised by the council and expelled from the church.
Variants and Related Words
- Anathema (n.): The formal act of excommunication or a strong curse; a thing or person that is detested or shunned.
- Violence is anathema to their philosophy.
- Anathema (adj.): Accursed or consigned to damnation. (Archaic)
- Anathemize (v.): An alternative spelling of 'anathemise'.
- Anathema (n.): A formal ecclesiastical ban, curse, or excommunication.
Synonyms
- Curse
- Execrate
- Damn
- Accurse
- Beshrew (archaic)
Antonyms
- Bless
- Praise
- Laud
- Consecrate
Related Phrases and Usage Notes
- To pronounce/utter an anathema against: A formal phrase meaning to declare someone or something anathema.
- The bishop pronounced an anathema against the schismatics.
- Note on Formality: 'Anathemise' is a highly formal, literary, and now somewhat archaic verb, most commonly encountered in religious, historical, or rhetorical contexts. Its more common noun form, 'anathema', is widely used.
Verb
- curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
- The bad witch cursed the child