WHAMMIES Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

whammies

noun

plural of whammy

as in spells

a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power if you tell anyone about this, I swear I'll put the whammy on you

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something that brings bad luck put the whammy on herself by publicly predicting that she would win the tennis tournament

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Noun

During those spells, PSG won the Champions League in consecutive seasons, alongside Ligue 1 titles.

— Leon Imber, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Infants have small airways that can get clogged during coughing spells, leading to difficulty breathing and dangerous drops in oxygen.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of spells

Noun

Directed by Sébastien Vanicek (2023’s Infested), the follow-up to 2023 reboot Evil Dead Rise stars Wednesday‘s Hunter Doohan in a story about curses lingering too long in a family and the undead that haunts them.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 July 2026
Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026

Definition of curses

Noun

Halloween Horror Nights fans will encounter demonic forces when Book of the Dead incantations are read aloud inside the newest Evil Dead haunted house coming to Universal Studios Hollywood.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 21 July 2026
Circe is able, by means of drugs and incantations, to change humans into wolves, lions, and other animals.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 July 2026

Definition of incantations

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From the caves of Ohio’s Hocking Hills State Park to the hoodoos of Utah’s Mars-like Goblin Valley State Park, endless places are waiting to be explored from coast to coast.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026
The South Unit's badlands, deep-cut canyons, and sandy hoodoos allow modern explorers to see the allure of a wild North Dakota.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026

Definition of hoodoos

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