bad eye in English

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      "form": "bad eyes",
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        "A stare that is superstitiously supposed to be harmful; the evil eye."
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        "A threatening or disapproving glance."
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          "glance",
          "glance"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bad eye"
}

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"bad eye" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms