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whammy: a serious or devastating setback

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malediction collapse

exorcism collapse: freeing from evil spirits

blaspheme collapse: speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God"

come hither look collapse

lucky piece collapse

scarab collapse: scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians

blasphemy collapse: blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)

mascot collapse: a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group as a symbolic figure

amulet collapse: a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil

talisman collapse

hex collapse: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"; cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

Jonah collapse: a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale; a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him; (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land

imprecation collapse: the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); "he suffered the imprecations of the mob"; a slanderous accusation

ill-nature collapse

bad temper collapse: a persisting angry mood

ill-will collapse

glower collapse: look at with a fixed gaze; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her"

anathema collapse: a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication; a detested person; "he is an anathema to me"

execrate collapse

fetish collapse: excessive or irrational devotion to some activity; "made a fetish of cleanliness"; a form of sexual desire in which gratification depends to an abnormal degree on some object or item of clothing or part of the body; "common male fetishes are breasts, legs, hair, shoes, and underwear"

stare collapse: a fixed look with eyes open wide; fixate one's eyes; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

darn collapse: a euphemism for `damn'; repair by sewing; "darn socks"

fulminate against collapse

bad blood collapse

gaze collapse: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"; look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"

malocchio collapse

evil eye collapse: a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm

bad influence collapse

goggle collapse: look with amazement; look stupidly

execration collapse: the object of cursing or detestation; that which is execrated; an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group

damnation collapse: the act of damning; the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell

malevolence collapse: the quality of threatening evil; wishing evil to others

thundering collapse: extraordinarily big or impressive; "a thundering success"; "the thundering silence of what was left unsaid"; sounding like thunder; "the thundering herd"

ogle collapse: look at with amorous intentions

hoodoo collapse: something believed to bring bad luck; a practitioner of voodoo; (geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"; bring back luck; be a source of misfortune

ill-wind collapse

excommunicate collapse: exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"; oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

jinx collapse: foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"

phylactery collapse: (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer

proscription collapse

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