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whammy

OXFORD DICTIONARY

whammy, n. (pl. -ies) US colloq. an evil or unlucky influence.

Etymology
20th c.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

whammy

Jonah, amulet, anathema, bad blood, bad influence, bad temper, bad will, ban, bedroom eyes, blasphemy, blighting glance, bring bad luck, cantrip, charm, come-hither look, commination, curse, damnation, denunciation, enchantment, evil disposition, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, excommunication, execration, exorcism, fetish, fulmination, fylfot, gammadion, gape, gaze, glad eye, glamour, glare, glower, glowering look, goggle, good-luck charm, hex, hoodoo, ill nature, ill will, ill wind, ill-disposedness, imprecation, jinx, juju, love charm, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, magic spell, malevolence, malevolent influence, malison, malocchio, mascot, mumbo jumbo, obeah, ogle, penetrating look, periapt, philter, phylactery, proscription, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, spell, stare, sudarium, swastika, talisman, thundering, veronica, voodoo, wanga, weird

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