gris-gris

variants also grigri

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gris-gris
Noun
  • American horror almost always exists in the shadow of American society; cinema can’t help but distill all our bad juju into finely concentrated, gruesome genre goo.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Do cheating spouses, school bullies and lousy coworkers have bad juju coming to them?
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • The latter’s status as the most important creative figure in this Forest side, their talisman, is not under threat.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The artists used materials such as calligraphy, amulets, talismans, prayer beads and cloth, and combined them with techniques from modern painting and sculpture.
    Massumeh H. Toosi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Among the subjects of the projects are a teen threesome in North Macedonia that leads to a troublesome pregnancy, a shipwreck hiding a sacred amulet on the Atlantic coast of the Sahara, a crumbling blue bus in 1950s Turkey, and mysterious aunt in rural Serbia.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
  • There are also equippable amulets that offer passive and combo-specific bonuses.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 June 2025
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“Gris-gris.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gris-gris. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

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