All hoodoo synonyms
hoo·doo
H h verb hoodoo
- jinx — a person, thing, or influence supposed to bring bad luck.
- 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.
- charm — Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
- condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- enchant — Fill (someone) with great delight; charm.
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.
- bewitchment — the state of being bewitched
- invocation — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- hocuspocus — Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- voodoo — Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.
- witchery — witchcraft; magic.
- conjuration — a magic spell; incantation
- obi — a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- wizardry — the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard.
- rune — a poem, song, or verse.
- witching — a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress. Compare warlock.
- sorcery — the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.