comminate

1. 1.

   curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment

   Synonymsaccurseexecrateanathemizeanathemiseanathematizeanathematise

   Broaderdeplore

Other forms of comminate

past tense

comminated·

present participle

comminating·

third person

comminates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about comminate

What does comminate mean?

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

How many syllables are in comminate?

comminate has 3 syllables: com-mi-nate. The stress falls on "com".

What is another word for comminate?

Close synonyms include accurse, execrate, anathemize, anathemise, anathematize. 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 comminate a common word?

comminate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.