anathematize

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
26
Words With Friends
27
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/əˈnæ.θə.mə.taɪz/

Definition of anathematize

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
    “These are the fellows that some officers never pretend to damn, however much they may anathematize others.”
    “Rowdy had been heard, more than once lately, to anathematize viciously the prairie-dogs for standing on their tails and chip-chip-chipping at them as they went by.”
    “As the cruise was to consume a year at least, for they were to stop for indefinite periods at various points of interest, Clayton mentally anathematized Tennington for ever suggesting such a ridiculous trip.”
    “"Crook in the guts," he says tersely. The picturesque reports of previously-treated and disgusted patients have left him doubtful, and he casts an anathematising eye upon the "Black Jack" bottle. "Tabloids and duty!" says the doctor, and the sufferer sighs with relief. There's no taste in tabloids, anyhow, and he reckons the doctor "ain't a bad poor something, after all!"”
    “Harvard economist Robert Barro anathematized it as "probably the worst bill that has been put forth since the 1930s" and, in a word, "garbage."”

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Etymology

From anathema + -ize; the -t- is part of the root of the underlying Greek word ἀνάθεμα (anáthema) (albeit not visible in the nominative singular form), which also explains the plural anathemata and other derivations from anathema such as anathematic.

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