evil eyed
1Evil-eyed — E vil eyeda. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
2evil-eyed — eˈvil eyed adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑evil …
3evil-eyed — person superstitiously believed to have the power to cause injury or bad luck with a glance …
4evil eye — evil eyed, adj. 1. a look thought capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on the person at whom it is directed. 2. the power, superstitiously attributed to certain persons, of inflicting injury or bad luck by such a look. [bef. 1000; ME, OE] * * …
5evil eye — noun a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm • Hypernyms: ↑look, ↑looking, ↑looking at * * * noun : the glance of a person that is believed to be capable of inflicting injury many people are reputed to … cause harm by staring …
6evil looking — Synonyms and related words: evil eyed, evil faced, evil fashioned, evil favored, evil gotten, evil minded, grim, grim faced, grim visaged, hard favored, hard featured, hard visaged, ill affected, ill conceived, ill fashioned, ill favored, ill… …
7evil minded — Synonyms and related words: base minded, dirty, dirty minded, evil eyed, evil faced, evil fashioned, evil favored, evil gotten, evil looking, evilhearted, ill affected, ill conceived, ill fashioned, ill favored, ill gotten, ill looking, ill… …
8evil eye — /ivəl ˈaɪ/ (say eevuhl uy) noun the power superstitiously attributed to certain persons of inflicting injury or bad luck by a look. –evil eyed, adjective …
9EVIL EYE — (Heb. עַיִן הָרָע, ayin ha ra; lit., the eye of the evil ; Aram. עֵינָא בִּישָׁא, eina bisha), a widespread belief that some persons may produce malevolent effects on others by looking at them, based on the supposed power of some eyes to bewitch… …
10evil eye — A demonic power of causing illness, misfortune, calamity, and death through the eyes. Evil eye beliefs are universal and date to ancient times. The oldest recorded reference to the evil eye appears in the cuneiform texts of the Sumerians,… …