| Main Entry: | hoodoo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jinx |
Synonyms: |
black magic, charm, curse, enchantment, evil eye, hex, kiss of death, nemesis, plague, spell, voodoo |
| Main Entry: | hoodoo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jinx |
Synonyms: |
bedevil, bewitch, cast a spell on, charm, condemn, curse, damn*, enchant, give the evil eye, hex |
| 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: | jinx |
| 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: | profane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defile, desecrate |
Synonyms: |
abuse, be evil, befoul, blaspheme, commit sacrilege, commit sin, contaminate, curse, cuss, damn, darn, debase, despoil, do wrong, flame, hoodoo, misuse, mock, mudsling, pervert, pollute, prostitute, put double whammy on, revile, scorn, swear, talk dirty, tar, trash, vice, violate, vitiate, voodoo |
Antonyms: |
cleanse, purify |
| 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: | voodoo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | black magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, alchemy, black art, charm, conjuring, devilry, divination, enchantment, evil eye, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, jinx, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, obeah, obi, sorcery, spell, witchcraft, witchery, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | witchcraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spell-casting, magic |
Synonyms: |
abracadabra, bewitchment, black art, black magic, charisma, conjuring, divination, enchantment, hocus-pocus, hoodoo, incantation, jinx, magnetism, mumbo jumbo, necromancy, occult, occultism, sorcery, spell, thaumaturgy, voodoo, voodooism, whammy, witchery, witching, wizardry |
| Concept: | Sorcery. |
| Category: | 4. Acts of religion |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy, demonship; diablerie, bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetichism, feticism; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism [Esquimaux], vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force; electrobiology, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning., divination (prediction); sortilege, ordeal, sortes Virgilianae; hocus-pocus (deception) [more].
-verbs
practice sorcery; cast a nativity, conjure, exorcise, charm, enchant; bewitch, bedevil; hoodoo, voodoo; entrance, mesmerize, magnetize; fascinate (influence); taboo; wave a wand; rub the ring, rub the lamp; cast a spell; call up spirits, call up spirits from the vasty deep; raise spirits from the dead.
-adjectives
magic, magical; mystic, weird, cabalistic, talismanic, phylacteric, incantatory; charmed; Circean, odyllic, voodoo.
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