evil eye

noun

Definition of evil eyenext
as in pox

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  1. pox
  2. voodoo
  3. curse
  4. spell
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
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
  • The film looks tint the life of the soccer star, who is consider one of the top keepers in Polish history thanks to a career spanning spells at Arsenal, Juventus, AS Roma and Barcelona and 84 appearances for the national team.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Such is this power of Milan W.’s spell and this occultish record that taps into an olde magick that looms as the fog rolls in.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of spell
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