jinxed

jinx  (jngks)

n.

1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck.

2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.

tr.v. jinxed, jinx·ing, jinx·es

To bring bad luck to.

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[Possibly from jynx, wryneck (from its use in witchcraft), from Latin iynx, from Greek iunx, perhaps from iuzein, to call, cry.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

jinxed - (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune hexed colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech luckless, unlucky - having or bringing misfortune; "Friday the 13th is an unlucky date"