Anathema

//əˈnæθəmə//

Synonyms for "anathema" (60 found)

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Translations

87 translations across 35 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • لَعْنَة noun (imprecation)
  • مُلاعنة noun (ban or curse)

Armenian

3 entries
  • անեծք noun (imprecation)
  • բանադրանք noun (ban or curse)
  • նզովք noun (imprecation)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • ана́тэма noun (ban or curse)
  • ана́фема noun (ban or curse)
  • пракля́цце noun (imprecation)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ана́тема noun (ban or curse)
  • прокля́тие noun (imprecation)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 詛咒 /诅咒 noun (ban or curse)
  • 詛咒 /诅咒 noun (imprecation)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 詛咒 /诅咒 noun (ban or curse)
  • 詛咒 /诅咒 noun (imprecation)

Czech

2 entries
  • anathéma noun (ban or curse)
  • prokletí noun (imprecation)

Danish

1 entries
  • bandlysning noun (ban or curse)

Dutch

4 entries
  • banvloek noun (ban or curse)
  • vervloeking noun (ban or curse)
  • vervloeking noun (imprecation)
  • verwensing noun (imprecation)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • anatemo noun (ban or curse)

Estonian

1 entries
  • anateem noun (ban or curse)

Finnish

4 entries
  • anateema noun (ban or curse)
  • inhokki noun (something vehemently disliked)
  • kirkonkirous noun (ban or curse)
  • kirous noun (imprecation)

French

1 entries
  • anathème noun (ban or curse)

Galician

3 entries
  • anatema noun (ban or curse)
  • anatema noun (imprecation)
  • anatema noun (person or thing)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ანათემა noun (ban or curse)

German

4 entries
  • Anathema noun (ban or curse)
  • Bannfluch noun (ban or curse)
  • Bannstrahl noun (ban or curse)
  • Fluch noun (imprecation)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανάθεμα noun (ban or curse)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • anatéma noun (ban or curse)

Italian

1 entries
  • anatema noun (ban or curse)

Japanese

3 entries
  • アナテマ noun (ban or curse)
  • 呪い noun (imprecation)
  • 破門 noun (ban or curse)

Korean

3 entries
  • 아나테마 noun (ban or curse)
  • 저주 noun (imprecation)
  • 파문 noun (ban or curse)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • анатема noun (ban or curse)
  • проклетство noun (imprecation)

Polish

2 entries
  • anatema noun (ban or curse)
  • przekleństwo noun (imprecation)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • anátema noun (ban or curse)
  • anátema noun (imprecation)
  • anátema noun (person or thing)

Romanian

1 entries
  • anatemă noun (ban or curse)

Russian

2 entries
  • ана́фема noun (ban or curse)
  • прокля́тие noun (imprecation)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • anàtema noun (ban or curse)
  • anàtema noun (imprecation)
  • anàtema noun (person or thing)
  • proklétstvo noun (imprecation)

Slovak

2 entries
  • anatéma noun (ban or curse)
  • prekliatie noun (imprecation)

Slovene

2 entries
  • anatema noun (ban or curse)
  • prekletstvo noun (imprecation)

Spanish

1 entries
  • anatema noun (ban or curse)

Swedish

3 entries
  • anatema noun (ban or curse)
  • bannlysning noun (ban or curse)
  • styggelse noun (imprecation)

Turkish

3 entries
  • aforoz noun (ban or curse)
  • lanet noun (imprecation)
  • lanetleme noun (imprecation)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ана́тема noun (ban or curse)
  • ана́фема noun (ban or curse)
  • прокля́ття noun (imprecation)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • a-na-them noun (ban or curse)
  • sự rút phép thông công noun (ban or curse)

Welsh

2 entries
  • anathema noun (ban or curse)
  • melltith noun (ban or curse)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Skills that are monopolizable are anathema to capital.

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That cult makes people believe things that are anathema to them.

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Pigs are anathema to Jews and Muslims.

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