anathematize
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It is to Mr. Hale’s great credit that he refuses to anathematize the prodigal children in his book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
Should we anathematize communication with half the population?
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020
This became another reason to anathematize Golden Books, which were for decades shunned by library buyers.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2017
To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
I anathematize his formal sentiment, but there is a truth in it, when spoken of material acts.
From Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
Bayless anathematized James as a diva who was tough when trouncing inferior competition but “soft” when the lights were brightest.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 18, 2018
BuzzFeed was so anathematized that by presser’s end, fellow journalists were picking up their lunch trays and moving to the other side of the cafeteria.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2017
In the very first session Nestorius was anathematized, deposed, excommunicated.
From Time Magazine Archive
Artur Rodzinski, conductor of the New York Philharmonic, anathematized jazz.
From Time Magazine Archive
She mentally anathematized herself for talking of home before these two girls.
From Dolly's College Experiences by Mabel Cronise Jones
In some ways, the grotesqueries of his persona, rather than anathematizing him to voters, only enhanced his appeal among those wishing for something different.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2017
In Constantinople the Most Holy Patriarch Basil of the Greek Orthodox Church was incensed, last week, to the point of anathematizing the new Albanian Synod.
From Time Magazine Archive
Would it be out of order to suggest a cursory glance at past history, sacred and secular, before completely anathematizing Heflin's stand?
From Time Magazine Archive
It was Morris or nothing with me, And now I began anathematizing to myself those crusty, secret, cautious natures that are always satisfied when they cry "Stop!" without taking the trouble to say wherefore.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
For once, every one obeyed the summons while anathematizing the mode, and the breakfast-table was soon surrounded.
From The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 by Henry Morford
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