anathematize

1. (transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.Examples: "These are the fellows that some officers never pretend to damn, however much they may anathematize others."; "Rowdy had been heard, more than once lately, to anathematize viciously the prairie-dogs for standing on their tails and chip-chip-chipping at them as they went by."; "As the cruise was to consume a year at least, for they were to stop for indefinite periods at various points of interest, Clayton mentally anathematized Tennington for ever suggesting such a ridiculous trip."Synonyms: anathemize, condemn, damn, deprecate, excoriate, vilifytransitive