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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A look or stare believed to cause injury or misfortune to others.
- noun The presumed power to cause injury or misfortune to others by magic or supernatural means.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- See Evil eye under
evil , a.
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- noun A
wicked look - noun A
curse
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm
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