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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enchantment, allure |
| Synonyms: | agreeableness, allurement, appeal, attraction, attractiveness, beauty, bewitchery, charisma, chemistry, conjuration, delightfulness, desirability, fascination, glamour, grace, it, lure, magic, magnetism, pizzazz*, something*, sorcery, spell, star quality, witchery |
| Antonyms: | repulsion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incantation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell, magic |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, ala kazam, bewitchment, black magic, chant, charm, conjuration, conjuring, enchantment, formula, hex, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, hymn, invocation, mumbo-jumbo, necromancy, open sesame, rune, sorcery, voodoo, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | invocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prayer |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, appeal, beseeching, calling, command, conjuration, entreaty, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, mumbo jumbo, petition, rune, summons, supplication, voodoo |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | whammy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, charm, conjuration, curse, double whammy, evil eye, hex, hexing, hocus-pocus, jinx, magic, mumbo-jumbo, triple whammy, voodoo |
| Notes: | whammy is from 'wham' and became associated in the 1950s with the cartoon Li'l Abner in which Evil-Eye Fleegle could 'shoot a whammy' meaning 'put a curse on somebody' by pointing a finger with one eye open and a 'double whammy' with both eyes open |
| Main Entry: | evocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summoning |
| Synonyms: | calling forth, conjuration, invocation, summons |
| Main Entry: | dirty pool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair or dishonest conduct |
| Synonyms: | conjuration, dirty game, dirty politics, dirty tricks, dirty work, escamotage, foul play, jugglery, legerdemain, mudslinging, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, trickery |
| Main Entry: | magic spell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magic formula |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, chant, conjuration, hex, hocus-pocus, incantation, jinx, magic charm, magic words, mumbo-jumbo |
| Main Entry: | sleight of hand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceptive skill |
| Synonyms: | chicanery, conjuration, deceit, deception, double-dealing, escamotage, hocus-pocus, legerdemain, magic, prestidigitation, smoke and mirrors, trickery |
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