EVIL EYE

Meaning of EVIL EYE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: before 12th century

: an eye or glance held capable of inflicting harm ; also : a person believed to have such an eye or glance

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EVIL EYE — noun Date: before 12th century an eye or glance held capable of inflicting harm
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EVIL EYE — Superstition holding that a glance can cause injury or death to those on whom it falls. The belief was found …
Английский словарь Британика
EVIL EYE — noun : the glance of a person that is believed to be capable of inflicting injury many people are reputed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL EYE — () See Evil eye under Evil, a.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL EYE — See Evil eye under Evil, a.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL EYE — — evil-eyed , adj. 1. a look thought capable of inflicting injury or bad luck on the person at whom …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL EYE — power superstitiously attributed to someone of causing injury or bad luck by a glance
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EVIL EYE — see evil eye under evil, ·adj.
Webster English vocab
EVIL EYE — Function: noun Date: before 12th century : an eye or glance held capable of inflicting harm also : a person …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EVIL EYE — [evil eye] n (bef. 12c): an eye or glance held capable of inflicting harm; also: a person believed to have …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL EYE — glance believed to have the ability to cause injury or death to those on whom it falls; children and animals …
Britannica English vocabulary
EVIL EYE — noun [ sing. ] the magic power to harm sb by looking at them
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL EYE — 1. Some people believe that the evil eye is a magical power to cast a spell on someone or something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL EYE — 1. Some people believe that the ~ is a magical power to cast a spell on someone or something by …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
EVIL EYE — Superstition holding that a glance can cause injury or death to those on whom it falls. The belief was found …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EVIL EYE — Synonyms and related words : Jonah, anathema, bad blood, bad influence, bad temper, bad will, ban, bedroom eyes, blasphemy, blighting …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVIL EYE — дурной глаз дурной глаз человек, который может сглазить
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL EYE — Сглаз
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL EYE — 1> дурной глаз 2> человек, который может сглазить
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EVIL EYE — дурной глаз
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EVIL EYE — 1) дурной глаз 2) человек, который может сглазить
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
EVIL EYE — 1) дурной глаз 2> человек, который может сглазить
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL EYE — дурной глаз, сглаз
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EVIL EYE — дурной глаз, сглаз
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EVIL EYE — дурной глаз
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EVIL EYE — дурной глаз
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EVIL EYE — дурной глаз
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EVIL EYE — дурной глаз
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EVIL EYE — Сглаз
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
EVIL EYE — дурной глаз дурной глаз человек, который может сглазить
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EYE — I Organ that receives light and visual images. Non-image forming, or direction, eyes are found among worms, mollusks, cnidarians, echinoderms, …
Английский словарь Британика
EYE — I. ˈī noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English eie, eye, eighe, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — I. ˈēvəl sometimes -(ˌ)vil adjective ( sometimes eviler or eviller ; evilest or evillest ) Etymology: Middle English ivel, evel, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVIL — (a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.
Английский словарь Webster
EVIL — (a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; …
Английский словарь Webster
EYE — — eyeable , adj. — eyelike , adj. — eyer , n. /uy/ , n. , pl. eyes , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVIL — — evilly , adv. — evilness , n. /ee"veuhl/ , adj. 1. morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EYE — I. ˈī noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EVIL — I. ˈē-vəl, Britain often & US also ˈē-(ˌ)vil adjective ( evil·er or evil·ler ; evil·est or evil·lest ) Etymology: Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EYE — noun tinge; shade of color. 2. eye ·noun a brood; as, an eye of pheasants. 3. eye ·noun the hole …
Webster English vocab
EVIL — noun malady or disease; especially in the phrase king's evil, the scrofula. 2. evil ·adv in an evil manner; not …
Webster English vocab
EYE — [eye] n [ME, fr. OE eage; akin to OHG ouga eye, L oculus, Gk ops eye, face, Skt aksi eye] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVIL — [evil] adj evil.er or evil.ler ; evil.est or evil.lest [ME, fr. OE yfel; akin to OHG ubil evil] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EYE — specialized sensory organ capable of light reception and, in vertebrate animals, able to receive visual images that are then carried …
Britannica English vocabulary
EVIL — evil BrE AmE ˈiːv ə l -ɪl ▷ evil|s z ▶ ˌ evil ˈ eye BrE AmE ▶ ˈ Evil …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EYE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — / ˈiːvl; NAmE ; ˈiːvɪl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. ( of people ) enjoying harming others; morally bad …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE — I. eye 1 S1 W1 /aɪ/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eage ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVIL — I. e ‧ vil 1 S3 W3 /ˈiːv ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: yfel …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EYE — n. & v. n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVIL — adj. & n. adj. 1 morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EYE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in …
Oxford English vocab
EVIL — adj. & n. --adj. 1. morally bad; wicked. 2 harmful or tending to harm, esp. intentionally or characteristically. 3 disagreeable …
Oxford English vocab
EYE — ( eyes, eyeing, or eying, eyed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVIL — ( evils) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Evil is a powerful …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EYE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVIL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an evil spell ▪ The people still believe in evil spells. evil deed ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EYE — [noun] [C] - one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animalsThey hoped the …
Cambridge English vocab
EVIL — [adjective] - immoral, or cruel, or very unpleasantWe must do everything necessary to overthrow this evil dictator.He was a narrow-minded, …
Cambridge English vocab
EVIL — Synonyms and related words : Loki, Nemesis, Set, Typhon, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, abomination, accursed, ado, affliction, agony, amorality, angry, anguish, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EYE — See: APPLE OF ONE'S EYE, BAT AN EYE or BAT AN EYELASH, BELIEVE ONE'S EYES, CATCH ONE'S EYE, CLEAR-EYED, CLOSE …
Slang English vocab
EVIL — I. noun 1. whatever is harmful, distressing, or disastrous attempts to grasp the nature of evil Synonyms: ill Related Word: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

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