Definitions for anathema
- a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to him.
- a person or thing accursed or consigned to damnation or destruction.
- a formal ecclesiastical curse involving excommunication.
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Citations for anathema
Physical labor had always been anathema to him and the thought of wielding an axe to cut down trees scared him so much that he would have preferred to become a tramp.
… [The job] required a dedicated man, someone whose sense of pride and self-esteem were so compelling that the mere suggestion of defeat was anathema to his nature.
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