anathematize

Questions about anathematize

What does anathematize mean?

anathematize means "curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment".

How many syllables are in anathematize?

anathematize has 5 syllables and divides as a-na-the-ma-tize under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for anathematize?

Close synonyms include accurse, execrate, anathemize, comminate, anathemise. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is anathematize a common word?

anathematize is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.