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    [Noun]  | "anath*e*ma" | \ ə-ˈna-thə-mə \


    1: someone or something intensely disliked or loathed —usually used in the phrase be anathema (to)

    2: one that is cursed by ecclesiastical authority

    3: a ban or curse solemnly pronounced by ecclesiastical authority and accompanied by excommunication


    Origin: 1582 ;

     Late Latin anathemat-, anathema, from Greek, thing devoted to evil, curse, from anatithenai to set up, dedicate, from ana- + tithenai to place, set ;

    [Noun]  | "anathema" 


    1: a prayer that harm will come to someone;


      * e.g., " ... uttered an anathema before driving the would-be robber from the his shop "





    2: something or someone that is hated;


      * e.g., " ... the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics is anathema to animal-rights activists "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  love





     [ "anathema" ]

    1:  A curse

      * e.g.,  ... George Bush is an anathema to the civilized world 


     [ "anathema" ]

    2:  A strongly disliked person

     [ "anathema" ]

    1: A melancholic doom metal band from Liverpool. Albums include Judgement, Alternative 4 and Eternity. Also try My Dying Bride, Katatonia and the mighty OPETH.

     [ "anathema" ]

    1: A band of five hopless romantics who realy know how to express der feelings through der instruments. With soul stirrin lyrics, heart meltin melodies n kickass beats, Anathema's proven to be one of da best doom/prog. metal bands in da world today

      * e.g.,  ... guy: dyu have anathema's new album? 

     [ "anathema" ]

    1: Against popular thought-- sorta like what punk USED to be, before all these shat-out poppy bands performed a horrible injustice to the genre.

      * e.g.,  ... Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun was anathema to how people tend to view the thoughts of WWI-- that they supported war. Trumbo, along with much of the US, was opposed to it. 

     [ "anathema" ]

    1: A staff for shadow priests in World of Warcraft.

      * e.g.,  ... Anathema 

     [ "anathema" ]

    1: Some Schizophrenic bastard who lives down the hall from you, and stares you like he might kill you next.

      * e.g.,  ... He calls himself Dangerous Death. I think he is an anathemic bastard. 

     [ "anathemaism" ]

    1: A word a person(usually a girl) makes up a word on the spot and then claims its real by luckily finding it on urbandictionary.com or dictionary.com.

      * e.g.,  ... Ana:Im gonna exsanguinate you 

     [ "Anathema" ]

    1: Death, suecide, pure hatred,goth

     [ "Anathema" ]

    1: The coolest girl on facebook. She acts like a vampire, but she's one sexy girl who knows her stuff.

      * e.g.,  ... "'Ya hear about that girl on Facebook?" "Anathema? DAMN that girl be fine ;)" 

     [ "Anathema" ]

    1: An Orthodox word used for someone who misuses the Bible or spreads false "truths" about it.

      * e.g.,  ... "Martin Luther (Protestant founder) is ANATHEMA" 

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