evil : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm
  

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• an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or fascinating influence. It is still believed by the ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the supernatural power of injuring by a look.

  It almost led him to believe in the evil eye. J. H. Newman.

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• speaking ill of others; calumny; censoriousness.

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• noun a spirit tending to cause harm
  

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E"vil-eyed adjective

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1. Possessed of the supposed evil eye; also, looking with envy, jealousy, or bad design; malicious. Shak.

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E"vil-fa`vored adjective

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1. Having a bad countenance or appearance; ill-favored; blemished; deformed. Bacon. -- E"vil-fa`vored*ness, n. Deut. xvi. 1.

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• adjective satellite having an evil appearance
  

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• adjective satellite having evil thoughts or intentions
  

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E"vil-mind`ed adjective

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1. Having evil dispositions or intentions; disposed to mischief or sin; malicious; malignant; wicked. -- E"vil-mind`ed*ness, n.

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• a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.

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• noun a form of tuberculosis characterized by swellings of the lymphatic glands
  scrofula; struma.
  

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• scrofula; so called because formerly supposed to be healed by the touch of a king.

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• (Far.), an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck.

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Stag"-e`vil noun

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1. (Far.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse. Crabb.

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• the Devil; Satan.

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• prostitution.

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