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- [hoo-doo]
- /ˈhu du/
- /ˈhuːduː/
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- [hoo-doo]
- /ˈhu du/
Definitions of hoodoo word
- noun plural hoodoo voodoo. 1
- noun plural hoodoo bad luck. 1
- noun plural hoodoo a person or thing that brings bad luck. 1
- noun plural hoodoo Geology. a pillar of rock, usually of fantastic shape, left by erosion. 1
- verb with object hoodoo to bring or cause bad luck to. 1
- noun hoodoo Voodoo; witchcraft. 1
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Origin of hoodoo
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
1870-75, Americanism; apparently var of voodoo
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Parts of speech for Hoodoo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hoodoo popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hoodoo
verb hoodoo
- bedevil — If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
- bewitch — If someone or something bewitches you, you are so attracted to them that you cannot think about anything else.
- hex — to bewitch; practice witchcraft on: He was accused of hexing his neighbors' cows because they suddenly stopped giving milk.
- curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- damn — Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
noun hoodoo
- incantation — the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
- witchcraft — the art or practices of a witch; sorcery; magic.
- voodooism — the voodoo religious rites and practices.
- occultism — belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- obeah — a form of belief involving sorcery, practiced in parts of the West Indies, South America, the southern U.S., and Africa.
Antonyms for hoodoo
verb hoodoo
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
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