jinx
noun [S] /dʒɪŋks/Definition
› bad luck, or a person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck: There's a jinx on this computer - it's gone wrong three times this morning!Good luck and bad luck jinxed /dʒɪŋkst/ adjective › I must be jinxed - whenever I wash a wine glass, it breaks.Fate and destiny
(Definition of jinx noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- fortunately adverb
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- fortune smiles on sb idiom
- godsend noun
- luckless adjective
- lucky adjective
- may the best man/person win! idiom
- merciful adjective (EVENT/SITUATION)
- mercy noun (EVENT/SITUATION)
- the best of British (luck) idiom
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- tough adjective (UNLUCKY)
- unfortunate adjective (UNLUCKY)
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