Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anathema

2 senses of anathema

Sense 1
anathema, bete noire -- (a detested person; "he is an anathema to me")
       => unpleasant person, disagreeable person -- (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Sense 2
anathema -- (a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication)
       => execration, condemnation, curse -- (an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group)