Meaning of JINX
| Pronunciation: | | jingks
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- [n] an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
- [n] a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
- [v] foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"
- [v] cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
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| | Synonyms: | | bewitch, curse, enchant, glamour, hex, hex, jonah, whammy, witch |
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| | See Also: | | becharm, charm, charm, foreordain, magic spell, predestine, preordain, spell, spell, unfortunate, unfortunate person, voodoo | |
| Products Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | |  Jinx
A series of poems tells the story of Jen, a teenage girl known as Jinx since two of her boyfriends have died. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jinx\, n.
A person, object, influence, or supernatural being which is
supposed to bring bad luck or to cause things to go wrong.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, Jonah, 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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