anathematize

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

He would rebel, she knew, and anathematize fate vehemently.

From Vagabondia 1884 by Frances Hodgson Burnett

This latter published the Henoticon, but expressly refused to anathematize the council of Chalcedon; on which account the rigid Eutychians separated themselves from his communion, and were called Acephali, or, without a head.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler

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

Baron Karl's heart throbbed a little fast at the thought of his mission, and he privately anathematized "the stupid boy" who had been the cause of it.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Ossip Schubin

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

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

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

Widows and orphans thrust themselves before his face with anathematizing countenances.

From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton

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