jinx

1. 1.

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

   Synonymshexbewitchglamourwitchenchant

   Broadercharm

   Narrowervoodoospell
2. 2.

   foredoom to failure

   “This project is jinxed!”

   Broaderpredestine

Other forms of jinx

plural

jinxes·

past tense

jinxed·

present participle

jinxing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jinx

What does jinx mean?

jinx means "a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in jinx?

jinx has 1 syllable: jinx. In IPA it is /ˈdʒɪŋks/.

What is another word for jinx?

Close synonyms include jonah, hex, curse, whammy, hex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jinx a common word?

jinx is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with jinx?

2 words rhyme with jinx. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.