Related Searches
on Ask.com
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: | bête 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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, bête 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
