Dictionary (n.) The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.Thesaurus abhorrence abomination antipathy arraignment aversion ban bete noire blame blasphemy bugbear castigation censure commination condemnation curse damnation decrial denouncement denunciation detestation evil eye excommunication excoriation execration flaying fulmination fustigation hate hex impeachment imprecation indictment leper malediction malison malocchio outcast pariah peeve pet peeve phobia pillorying proscription reprehension reprobation reproof skinning alive stricture thundering untouchable whammy |