jinxes
Brings misfortune upon
Jinxes is the plural of jinx—a curse or hex that brings bad luck.
Sports fans avoid jinxes by not mentioning a pitcher's no-hitter in progress.
To jinx something is to bring misfortune upon it: Don't jinx it by saying we've already won.
The word also names the person or thing blamed for the bad luck: He's a jinx—every team he joins loses.
Invoked harm through words
- hexMalevolent incantation
- bad luckUnfavorable chance events
- unluckyProne to misfortune
- omenProphetic indicator
charm · evil eye · taboo · spell · voodoo · hoodoo · talisman · amulet
Arrange letters correctly
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- bewitchmentMagical influence over someone
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
witchcraft · curse · hex · dark magic · conjuration · charm · bewitch · enchant
Invoked harm through words
- losing streakSeries of consecutive defeats
- championship droughtLong titleless stretch
- ClevelandNortheast Ohio metropolis
- Red SoxBoston baseball club
slump · hex · heartbreak · choke · collapse · futility · snakebitten · doomed
Recklessly invite misfortune
- knock on woodSuperstitious phrase averting jinx
- spoke too soonDeclared victory prematurely
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- predictionForecast of coming events
announcing · premature · hubris · overconfidence · boast · counting chickens · wishful thinking · unspoken
curse
Invoked harm through words
omen · charm · evil eye · taboo · spell · voodoo · hoodoo · talisman · amulet · superstitious
spell
Arrange letters correctly
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- enchantmentMagical influence over someone
- bewitchmentMagical influence over someone
sorcery · witchcraft · curse · hex · dark magic · conjuration · charm · bewitch · enchant · cast
curse
Invoked harm through words
- losing streakSeries of consecutive defeats
- championship droughtLong titleless stretch
- ClevelandNortheast Ohio metropolis
Red Sox · slump · hex · heartbreak · choke · collapse · futility · snakebitten · doomed · ill-fated
tempt fate
Recklessly invite misfortune
- knock on woodSuperstitious phrase averting jinx
- spoke too soonDeclared victory prematurely
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
prediction · announcing · premature · hubris · overconfidence · boast · counting chickens · wishful thinking · unspoken · mentioned
- superstitionssuperstition, superstitions, hexes, black cats, broken mirror
- cursescurse, curses, hex, hexes, damn
- dark magicblack magic, dark magic, sorcery, witchcraft, dark arts
- magicwizard, wand, sorcerer, witchcraft, mage
jinxesblessings
Favors from the divine
benedictions · talismans · amulets · lucky breaks · four-leaf clovers
jinxesblessings
Favors from the divine
counterspells · protective charms · benedictions · wards · prayers
- reverse jinxStating bad outcome superstitiously
- reverse jinxesNegative predictions meant to backfire