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Jinx   /dʒɪŋks/   Listen
Jinx

verb
1.
Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something.  Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, witch.
2.
Foredoom to failure.
noun
1.
A person believed to bring bad luck to those around him.  Synonym: jonah.
2.
An evil spell.  Synonyms: curse, hex, whammy.  "He put the whammy on me"



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"Jinx" Quotes from Famous Books



... him who thinks The world is jonahed by a jinx; That everything is sad and sour, And life ...
— Something Else Again • Franklin P. Adams

... almost had a shrug in it. "Don't jinx our luck, twin brother," he said. "For that matter, how long will we last...? Mex, did you ...
— The Planet Strappers • Raymond Zinke Gallun

... like it in my life!" snorted Tom. "It's as though we were all bewitched. Somebody's wished a jinx on us. Some ghosts are putting up ...
— Army Boys on German Soil • Homer Randall



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