1. A detested person
   "he is an anathema to me"
   - bête noire 
2. A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication

Derived forms: anathemas

See also: anathematize

Type of: condemnation, curse, disagreeable person, execration, unpleasant person

Encyclopedia: Anathema

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