Noun: anathema u'na-thu-mu
- Something or someone particularly disliked or dreaded
"he is an anathema to me";
- bête noire
- A formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
"The heretic was declared anathema by the church"
Derived forms: anathemas
Type of: condemnation, curse, disagreeable person, execration, unpleasant person
Encyclopedia: Anathema