whammy

Questions about whammy

What does whammy mean?

whammy means "a serious or devastating setback". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in whammy?

whammy has 2 syllables: wham-my. The stress falls on "wham". In IPA it is /ˈwæmi/.

What is another word for whammy?

Close synonyms include hex, jinx, curse. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whammy a common word?

whammy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.