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- [jingks]
- /dʒɪŋks/
- /dʒɪŋks/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jingks]
- /dʒɪŋks/
Definitions of jinx word
- noun jinx a person, thing, or influence supposed to bring bad luck. 1
- verb with object jinx to bring bad luck to; place a jinx on: The strike has jinxed my plans to go to Milwaukee for the weekend. 1
- verb with object jinx to destroy the point of: His sudden laugh jinxed the host's joke. 1
- noun jinx Bring bad luck to; cast an evil spell on. 1
- noun jinx evil curse 1
- noun jinx cursed person, thing 1
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Origin of jinx
First appearance:
before 1910 One of the 15% newest English words
1910-15, Americanism; perhaps < Latin jynx wryneck (bird used in divination and magic) < Greek íynx
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Parts of speech for Jinx
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jinx popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
jinx usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jinx
noun jinx
- curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- plague — French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
- gremlin — a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- spell — a continuous course or period of work or other activity: to take a spell at the wheel.
- bad luck — You can say 'Bad luck', or 'Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them.
verb jinx
- bedevil — If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
- bewitch — If someone or something bewitches you, you are so attracted to them that you cannot think about anything else.
- condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- damn — Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
- enchant — Fill (someone) with great delight; charm.
Antonyms for jinx
noun jinx
- advantage — An advantage is something that puts you in a better position than other people.
- benefit — The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it.
- boon — You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
- luck — Polish name of Lutsk.
verb jinx
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disgust — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
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