EVIL EYE


Meaning of EVIL EYE in English

noun

: the glance of a person that is believed to be capable of inflicting injury

many people are reputed to … cause harm by staring at someone with an evil eye — Pamela Guliver & P.H.Gulliver

contamination by evil eye is usually unwitting on the part of … the causal agent — O.G.Simmons

also : a person believed to have such power

what's that evil eye up to — Nelson Algren

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.