Jonah

noun

Definition of Jonahnext
as in evil eye

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  1. curse
  2. pox
  3. voodoo
Noun
  • Stubborn independence is, however, a blessing and a curse.
    Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • However, this long history can be both a blessing and a curse.
    Mike Whitmire, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of curse
Noun
  • Witnesses recall seeing sufferers with so many pox on their faces that their features were no longer identifiable.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Importing live animals from Greece was banned after a separate disease – goat pox – was detected last October.
    Harriet Marsden, The Week UK, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of pox
Noun
  • Zora was holding fast to Black folk ways of the South, including spirituality and voodoo.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
  • At a time when scientific process gets painted as voodoo in certain political circles, there’s a meat-and-potatoes satisfaction to watching a film that makes straightforward problem-solving seem heroic.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of voodoo
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