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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | black magic, charm, enchantment, evil eye, hex, hoodoo, kiss of death, nemesis, plague, spell, voodoo |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, boon, luck |
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bad break, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer, drag*, evil eye, hard knocks, hard times, hardship, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids, pain in the neck, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst, tough luck, trial, trouble |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | curse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune wished upon someone |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bane, burden, calamity, cancer, cross, disaster, evil, evil eye, hydra, jinx, ordeal, pestilence, plague, scourge, torment, tribulation, trouble, vexation, voodoo |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
| Main Entry: | hex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse, spell |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, allure, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, double whammy, enchantment, evil eye, hexing, hocus-pocus, jinx, magic, magic spell, mumbo jumbo, sorcery, voodoo, whammy |
| Main Entry: | malediction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | anathema, commination, curse word, cuss, cuss word, damn, damnation, damning, darn, denunciation, dirty name, dirty word, execration, expletive, four-letter word, imprecation, jinx, no-no, oath, swear word, whammy |
| Antonyms: | blessing |
| Main Entry: | necromancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sorcery |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, black magic, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, mysticism, occultism, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | sorcery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black magic, witchcraft |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, alchemy, bewitchment, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, witchery, witching, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | reality |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magical aura over an entity |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, allure, amulet, bewitching, bewitchment, charm, conjuration, enchanting, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, glamour, hex, hexing, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic, mumbo jumbo, rune, sorcery, talisman, trance, voodoo, whack, whammy, witchery |
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