What is "evil eye"

Evil \E*vil\ ([=e]"v'l) a. [OE. evel, evil, ifel, uvel, AS. yfel; akin to OFries, evel, D. euvel, OS. & OHG. ubil, G.

1. Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious; poor; as, an evil beast; and evil plant; an evil crop.

   A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit.
   --Matt. vii. 18.

2. Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities; morally corrupt; wicked; wrong; vicious; as, evil conduct, thoughts, heart, words, and the like.

   Ah, what a sign it is of evil life, When death's approach is seen so terrible.
   --Shak.

3. Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity; unpropitious; calamitous; as, evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days.

   Because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel.
   --Deut. xxii. 19.

   The owl shrieked at thy birth -- an evil sign.
   --Shak.

   Evil news rides post, while good news baits.
   --Milton.

   Evil eye, an eye which inflicts injury by some magical or fascinating influence. It is still believed by the ignorant and superstitious that some persons have the supernatural power of injuring by a look.

   It almost led him to believe in the evil eye.
   --J. H. Newman.

   Evil speaking, speaking ill of others; calumny; censoriousness.

   The evil one, the Devil; Satan.

   Note: Evil is sometimes written as the first part of a compound (with or without a hyphen). In many cases the compounding need not be insisted on. Examples: Evil doer or evildoer, evil speaking or evil-speaking, evil worker, evil wishing, evil-hearted, evil-minded.

   Syn: Mischieveous; pernicious; injurious; hurtful; destructive; wicked; sinful; bad; corrupt; perverse; wrong; vicious; calamitous.

Evil eye \E"vil eye`\ See Evil eye under Evil, a.

n. 1 A wicked look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause injury or bad luck due to envy or dislike 2 A curse

n. a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm

Evil Eye may refer to:

• Evil eye, a look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause injury or bad luck for the person at whom it is directed

"Evil Eye" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the third single from the band's fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, on 28 October 2013. The song was written by Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, recorded during 2013, and produced by Kapranos and Todd Terje.

"Evil Eye" is a song by Scottish recording artist KT Tunstall. It was released as the UK first promotional single off her sixth studio album KIN. The song was released at the same time as the Golden State EP along with the songs "All or Nothing", "The Healer", and a remix of it. It was released through iTunes on 16 June 2016.

Tunstall worked with Tony Hoffer on the song. A music video was released on 20 June 2016 on Vevo, it was directed by Tunstall herself. It has also been played live in the Billboard building.