Synonyms for jinx
dʒɪŋksjinx

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1. jinxinterjection

   Synonyms:
   snap

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1. jonah, jinxnoun

   a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him

   Synonyms:
   curse, hex, whammy, jonah

2. hex, jinx, curse, whammyverb

   an evil spell

   "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"

   Synonyms:
   whammy, scourge, expletive, condemnation, swearing, curse word, oath, execration, cuss, curse, swearword, nemesis, bane, hex, torment, jonah

3. hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinxverb

   cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something

   Synonyms:
   ravish, magnetize, beguile, mesmerize, enamour, entrance, capture, enthrall, spellbind, fascinate, enchant, transport, charm, witch, catch, bewitch, becharm, enrapture, magnetise, delight, trance, glamour, enamor, enthral, hex, captivate, mesmerise

4. jinxverb

   foredoom to failure

   "This project is jinxed!"

   Synonyms:
   bewitch, glamour, witch, hex, enchant

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1. • Charm
   • Predestine

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1. List of paraphrases for "jinx":

   jinxy

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How to use jinx in a sentence?

1. Robert Durst:

   I decided that instead of calling 911, I would send police a letter telling them that Susan was dead in her house, the Jinx.

2. Bill Bratton:

   Shh ... we don't want to jinx it, we're into our 12th day now, Charlie. Eleven is a record and let's keep it going.

3. Dimitris Itoudis:

   If I could say for sure we would break the jinx and win the trophy I would have to be a magician and I am not a magician, I am just a coach, it's a great honor for the club to see them pick up these personal trophies but the most important thing is that they all said to me they were only interested in winning the title.

4. Liam Neesonhas:

   Because when you’re doing a play and you’re with your family, other actors, technicians, you do silly things. You do silly things. And it becomes kind of superstitious, if you don’t do it every night, you think it’s going to jinx the show, i think Dustin Hoffman was — I ’m not saying I’ve done similar things like what Dustin Hoffman did, Liam Neesonhas know. Apparently Dustin Hoffman touched another girl’s breast and stuff. But it’s childhood stuff, what Dustin Hoffman was doing.

5. Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian:

   The Jinx, they found evidence, and they turned it over, and they made it public.