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anathema - 13 thesaurus results
Main Entry: anathema
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something hated
Synonyms: abomination, bane, bugbear, detestation, enemy, hate, pariah
Antonyms: love
Main Entry: anathema
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: denouncement
Synonyms: ban, censure, commination, condemnation, curse, damnation, denunciation, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, reproof, taboo, proscription, reprehension, reprobation
Main Entry: bĂȘte noire
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disliked person
Synonyms: adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news*, bad news, bane, bugbear, competitor, curse, devil, enemy, foe, opponent, plague, rival, trouble, bitter enemy, pet hate
Main Entry: execration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hating
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, anathema, blasphemy, condemnation, contempt, curse, damnation, denunciation, detestation, hatred, imprecation, loathing, malediction, odium, profanity, swearing, cursing, cussing, detesting, excoriation, vilification
Antonyms: liking, loving
Main Entry: hate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme dislike
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bĂȘte noire*, bother, bugbear*, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, nuisance, objection, odium, pain, rancor, rankling, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom, black beast, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost
Notes: hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously'
Antonyms: liking, love, loving
Main Entry: malediction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: curse
Synonyms: anathema, commination, damn, damnation, damning, darn, denunciation, dirty word*, execration, expletive, four-letter word*, imprecation, jinx, oath, swear word, whammy*, curse word, cuss, cuss word, dirty name, no-no
Antonyms: blessing
Main Entry: taboo
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not allowed, permitted
Synonyms: anathema, banned, forbidden, illegal, out of bounds, prohibited, reserved, restricted, unacceptable, unmentionable, unthinkable, beyond the pale, disapproved, frowned on, off limits, outlawed, proscribed, ruled out
Antonyms: acceptable, allowed, mentionable, ok
Main Entry: taboo
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: something not allowed, permitted
Synonyms: anathema, ban, disapproval, don't, forbiddance, inhibition, interdict, law, limitation, no-no, prohibition, proscription, regulation, religious convention, reservation, restraint, restriction, sanction, social convention, stricture, superstition, thou-shalt-not
Antonyms: allowance, mentionable
Main Entry: commination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: ban
Synonyms: anathema, condemnation, curse, denunciation, diatribe, excommunication, execration, imprecation, malediction, obloquy, threatening, proscription, threat of punishment
Main Entry: leper
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: pariah
Synonyms: anathema, outcast, untouchable
Main Entry: bete noire
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: detested person
Synonyms: adversary, anathema, antagonist, bad news, bane, bugbear, competitor, curse, devil, enemy, foe, opponent, plague, rival, trouble, bitter enemy
Antonyms: favorite
Main Entry: abomination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: object of extreme dislike, hate
Synonyms: anathema, aversion, bother, curse, detestation, evil, horror, nuisance, plague, shame, torment
Antonyms: beauty, blessing, delight, enjoyment, esteem, joy, love, treat
Main Entry: curse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hateful, swearing remark
Synonyms: anathema, ban, bane, blasphemy, commination, damning, denunciation, dirty word*, double whammy, execration, expletive, four-letter word*, fulmination, imprecation, malediction, oath, obloquy, obscenity, profanity, sacrilege, swear word, swearing, whammy*, blaspheming, cursing, cuss word, cussing, dirty name, malison, naughty words, no-no, objuration, profanation, vilification
Antonyms: compliment, praise
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