to jinx

Examples

• All

• I don't want to jinx anything, but it hasn't been too bad here.

  Blog text (30)

• It's very early days and I don't want to jinx it by talking about it too much.

• But also a part of me was just trying to not jinx anything.

  Julian Dorey

• Otherwise, I could jinx the whole thing.

  Academic text (2009)

• Why would you jinx a team and bring up their health?

  Blog text (7)

• I don't want to jinx it too, too early.

• I don't want to jinx it, but it's going very, very good.

  The Big Year (2011)

• Dennis, I don't want to jinx it, but I'm amazed at how well this is going so far.

• The area seemed jinxed now, and people avoided it like contagion.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I hope I didn't jinx the team by mentioning their winning streak.

Synonyms

C

to curse

vsto jinx

244 4.8

To wish harm on someone using magic

is more about accidental unlucky effects from sayings or belief

D

to damn

vsto jinx

• Offensive

207 7.6

To wish bad things to happen to someone by calling on a magic power

is mainly a superstitious action by saying something that brings bad luck

W

to witch

vsto jinx

12 8.1

To put a magic spell on someone to harm or control them

relies more on superstition or spoken remarks than deliberate magic

H

to hex

vsto jinx

• Literature

5 9.3

To put an evil spell on someone or something to cause bad luck

works often by words or folk belief rather than formal spellcasting

H

to hoodoo

vsto jinx

• Archaic

9.9

To cause someone or something to have bad luck

causes bad luck often by saying things or superstition

Antonyms

B

to bless

453 1.8

To give someone good luck and happiness

How Harmful

to hex

• Literature

5 9.3

to jinx

• Informal

36 7.5

Surface Forms

Etymology