jinxing
Bringing bad luck
Jinxing is tempting fate by speaking too confidently about a favorable outcome before it's secure.
If you say We're definitely going to win and then lose, someone might accuse you of jinxing it.
The superstition holds that expressing certainty invites bad luck—as if the universe punishes overconfidence.
Don't say anything, you'll jinx it.
Malevolent incantation
- spellArrange letters correctly
- curseInvoked harm through words
- bewitchCaptivate by supernatural means
- hoodooFolk magic tradition
malediction · voodoo · whammy · mojo · charm · incantation · enchantment · conjuration
Cultural or social prohibition
- unluckyProne to misfortune
- omenProphetic indicator
- thirteenAfter twelve, before fourteen
- amuletWorn protective token
talisman · charm · ritual · ward · superstitious · ill-fated
Advance sense of future events
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
- warningAlert about danger
foreboding · presage · ill-starred · inauspicious · ominous · doomed · dire · unpropitious
Hitless complete game
- shutoutGame with lopsided scoring
- streakUnbroken series
- announcerOne who introduces programs
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
prediction · broadcast · mention · statistician · scoreboard
hex
Malevolent incantation
hoodoo · malediction · voodoo · whammy · mojo · charm · incantation · enchantment · conjuration · bewitchment
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
amulet · talisman · charm · ritual · ward · superstitious · ill-fated
premonition
Advance sense of future events
- portentSign of future calamity
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- foreshadowingHinting at later events
warning · foreboding · presage · ill-starred · inauspicious · ominous · doomed · dire · unpropitious · baleful
no-hitter
Hitless complete game
lead · prediction · broadcast · mention · statistician · scoreboard
- superstitionssuperstition, superstitions, hexes, black cats, broken mirror
- cursescurse, curses, hex, hexes, damn
jinxingblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
charming · enchanting · unjinxing · good luck · benediction
jinxingblessing
Prayer seeking divine favor
benediction · well-wishing · affirming · encouraging · protecting