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jinxed

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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.

[Possibly from jynx, wryneck (from its use in witchcraft), from Latin iynx, from Greek iunx, perhaps from iuzein, to call, cry.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.jinxed - (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune
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"
Translations
jinxed [ˈdʒɪŋkst] adj (= unlucky) [player, project] → maudit(e)
to be jinxed → être maudit(e)
jinxed
adjverhext


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WE must be cursed as our best riders last year went down with injury, and now our best rider this year is going down - it feels like we are jinxed.
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