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jinx
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jinx has 2 senses
- jinx(n = noun.person) jonah - a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him; Array is a kind of unfortunate, unfortunate person
- jinx(n = noun.communication) curse, hex, whammy - an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" is a kind of charm, magic spell, magical spell, spell
Derived form verb jinx2
Derived form verb jinx1
Verb jinx has 2 senses
- jinx(v = verb.communication) bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, witch - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something; Array is one way to becharm, charm
- jinx(v = verb.cognition) Array - foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!" is one way to foreordain, predestine, preordain
Derived form noun jinx2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun jinx1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
jinx, n.
A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
jinx, v. t.
To bring bad luck to; to cause to malfunction or go wrong; as, some superstitious people are reluctant to predict success for fear it will jinx them. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jinx, n. & v. colloq.
--n. a person or thing that seems to cause bad luck.
--v.tr. (often in passive) subject (a person) to an unlucky force.
--n. a person or thing that seems to cause bad luck.
--v.tr. (often in passive) subject (a person) to an unlucky force.
Etymology
perh. var. of jynx wryneck, charm
THESAURUS
jinx
Jonah, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, bad influence, bedevil, befoul, bewitch, blight, bring bad luck, cantrip, charm, condemn, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, damn, defile, demonize, deprave, despoil, destroy, diabolize, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, enchantment, envenom, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, exorcism, get into trouble, glamour, harass, harm, hex, hoodoo, hurt, ill wind, impair, infect, injure, magic spell, malediction, malevolent influence, malocchio, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, nemesis, obsess, outrage, overlook, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, possess, prejudice, sabotage, savage, scathe, spell, taint, threaten, torment, torture, violate, voodoo, wanga, weird, whammy, witch, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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