Jinx - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dʒɪŋks|  American pronunciation of the word jinx
Brit.  |dʒɪŋks|  British pronunciation of the word jinx

noun

- a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him (syn: jonah)
- an evil spell (syn: curse, hex, whammy)

verb

- cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something (syn: bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, witch)
- foredoom to failure
This project is jinxed!

Extra examples

That guy is a jinx.

He felt like he'd finally broken the jinx.

She threatened to put a jinx on him.

I thought they were going to win but I didn't say so because I didn't want to jinx them.

His luck has been so bad he feels jinxed.

This town is jinxed.

The company had suffered so many disasters that some employees feared a jinx.

This project is jinxed!

Word forms

noun
singular: jinx
plural: jinxes
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