ANATHEMAS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

anathemas

noun

plural of anathema

as in curses

a prayer that harm will come to someone uttered an anathema before driving the would-be robber from the his shop

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something or someone that is hated the use of animals in the testing of cosmetics is anathema to animal-rights activists

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Noun

Vieira said the show offers another opportunity for people to discover Rockport beyond the fictional curses portrayed in the series.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
But repression isn’t a good plan when generations-long curses run in the bloodline, because Sally’s daughter Kylie (Joey King), now a college student, has gone and fallen in love behind her mother’s back.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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Continue reading … STAR WARS — America's enemies prepare to take the next major war into outer space.

— , FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Rather than growing up on the paradise island of Themyscira, Kelly Thompson’s Wonder Woman is raised in Hell by the witch Circe — historically one of her greatest enemies.

— Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2026

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It a thematic fit, and after nearly 200 episodes, there’s no doubting this team’s ability to deliver fresh, new abominations.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026
As the representative for the armed wing of a human empire, you're tasked with subduing these Lovecraftian abominations and securing a foothold for humanity on alien worlds.

— Alan Bradley, Space.com, 5 Jan. 2026

Definition of abominations

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Saab says Sea Giraffe AMB D incorporates electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) to help maintain surveillance performance in environments where adversaries try to disrupt detection and tracking.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
If the United States fails to safeguard its deepening military partnerships, adversaries will have more opportunities than ever before to at once undermine American defenses and improve their own militaries.

— Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of adversaries

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Clinically, phobias are considered anxiety disorders, but some researchers believe that everyone is a little trypophobic.

— Gabriela Galvin, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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