Jinx

Synonyms for "jinx" (103 found)

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11 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

derived

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derived from

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

7 entries

Translations

150 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • قبسة noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • جَلَبَ اَلنَّحْس verb (To bring bad luck to)
  • نَحَسَ verb (To bring bad luck to)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • gözə gətirmək verb (To bring bad luck to)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • суро́чыць verb (To bring bad luck to)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • карък noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • проклятие noun (a hex; an evil spell)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不祥之物 noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • 厄運 /厄运 noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • 掃帚星 /扫帚星 noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • 白虎星 noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Czech

2 entries
  • prokletí noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • uhranout verb (To cast a spell on)

Danish

4 entries
  • forhekset intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • forbandelse noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • ulykkesfugl noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • forbande verb (To bring bad luck to)

Dutch

4 entries
  • ongeluksbrenger noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • beheksen verb (To cast a spell on)
  • beheksen verb (To bring bad luck to)
  • betoveren verb (To cast a spell on)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kaŭzi malfeliĉon verb (To bring bad luck to)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kupla intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • smurffattu intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • smurffi intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • smurffilukko intj (Used after simultaneous speech)

French

4 entries
  • chips intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • maléfice noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • poissard noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • poisseux noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Galician

3 entries
  • gafar verb (To bring bad luck to)
  • gafarse verb (To bring bad luck to)
  • traer mala sorte verb (To bring bad luck to)

German

4 entries
  • verhext intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • Fluch noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • Pechvogel noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • Unglücksbringer noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Greek

2 entries
  • γκαντέμης noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • γρουσούζης noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • halálmadár noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • vészmadár noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Italian

4 entries
  • iettatore noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • iettatrice noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • iettatura noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • maleficio noun (a hex; an evil spell)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ハッピアイスクリム intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • ジンクス noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • 邪視 noun (a hex; an evil spell)

Korean

3 entries
  • 찌찌뽕 intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • 사시 noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • 징크스 noun (a hex; an evil spell)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • баксуз noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • малер noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • forbanne verb (To bring bad luck to)
  • forhekse verb (To cast a spell on)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قارش noun (a hex; an evil spell)

Persian

2 entries
  • جادو noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • جادو کردن verb (To cast a spell on)

Polish

4 entries
  • moje szczęście, twój pech intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • raz, dwa, trzy, moje szczęście intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • fatum noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • klątwa noun (a hex; an evil spell)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • agourento noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • enguiço noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • macumba noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • maldição noun (a hex; an evil spell)

Romanian

2 entries
  • piază rea noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • cobi verb (To bring bad luck to)

Russian

4 entries
  • ве́дьма noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • дурно́й глаз noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • злые ча́ры noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • колду́н noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • baksuz noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Slovak

4 entries
  • kliatba noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • porobiť verb (To cast a spell on)
  • prinášať smolu verb (To bring bad luck to)
  • uhranúť verb (To cast a spell on)

Spanish

4 entries
  • encantado intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • ave de mal agüero noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • cenizo noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)
  • gafe noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Swedish

4 entries
  • smurf intj (Used after simultaneous speech)
  • förbannelse noun (a hex; an evil spell)
  • förbanna verb (To bring bad luck to)
  • förhäxa verb (To cast a spell on)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kasaykasay noun (a person or thing supposed to bring bad luck)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • навро́чити verb (To bring bad luck to)

Urdu

1 entries
  • منحوس c du verb (To bring bad luck to)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't jinx me.

Source: tatoeba (573428)

I would say that I'm healthy at the moment, but I don't want to jinx myself.

Source: tatoeba (4106472)

I'm a jinx. If I sold candles, the sun wouldn't go down.

Source: tatoeba (5139101)

Mary is a jinx.

Source: tatoeba (6538610)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.