ANATHEMIZE

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 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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

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