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[ noun ] an evil spell

Synonyms

curse whammy jinx

Examples

"a witch put a curse on his whole family" "he put the whammy on me"

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Additionally , since you 're going_to be hors_de_combat pretty soon with sprue , yaws , Delhi_boil , the Granville_wilt , liver_fluke , bilharziasis , and a host of other complications of the hex you 've aroused , you must n't expect to be lionized socially .

Related terms

spell curse

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[ adjective ] of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base

Synonyms

hexadecimal

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[ verb ] cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
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