All anathema synonyms
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A a noun anathema
- denouncement — to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.
- bane — The bane of someone or the bane of someone's life is something that frequently makes them feel unhappy or annoyed.
- pariah — an outcast.
- taboo — proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV. Synonyms: prohibited, banned, forbidden, proscribed. Antonyms: allowed, permitted, permissible; sanctioned.
- detestation — intense hatred; abhorrence
- abomination — If you say that something is an abomination, you think that it is completely unacceptable.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- bugbear — Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.
- proscription — the act of proscribing.
- curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- commination — the act or an instance of threatening punishment or vengeance
- reprehension — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
- condemnation — Condemnation is the act of saying that something or someone is very bad and unacceptable.
- imprecation — the act of imprecating; cursing.
- censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- malediction — a curse; imprecation.
- reproof — the act of reproving, censuring, or rebuking.
- reprobation — disapproval, condemnation, or censure.
- denunciation — Denunciation of someone or something is severe public criticism of them.
- damnation — According to some religions, if someone suffers damnation, they have to stay in hell for ever after they have died because of their sins.
- ban — To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
- abhorrence — Someone's abhorrence of something is their strong hatred of it.
- loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
adjective anathema
- beyond the pale — If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
- off limits — forbidden to be patronized, frequented, used, etc., by certain persons: The tavern is off-limits to soldiers.