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adjective

Definition of jinxednext
as in unhappy
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck this fishing rod must be jinxed, seeing as how I never catch anything

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jinxed

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verb

past tense of jinx
as in cursed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinxed
  1. unhappy
  2. unfortunate
  3. possessed
  4. unlucky
  5. disastrous
Adjective
  • Ratings declined, Lynch was unhappy, and the show was canceled.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Saquon Barkley is an unstoppable force, the defense is resurgent under Vic Fangio, the chatter about an unhappy A.J. Brown has mostly died down.
    Dianna Russini, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of unhappy
Adjective
  • Having a professional to talk to can help process and unpack unfortunate changes, and point towards new possibilities.
    Chris Westfall, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Far too often over the previous three seasons, unfortunate and often unlucky things happened when Jackson threw the ball in Bateman’s direction.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of unfortunate
Verb
  • His new music is possessed by an even more flamboyant theatricality, channelling post-punk, jazz fusion, prog, and even show tunes.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Frederic has not possessed the puck enough to put it on net.
    Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of possessed
Adjective
  • Far too often over the previous three seasons, unfortunate and often unlucky things happened when Jackson threw the ball in Bateman’s direction.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • His 2022 departure for Sacramento to become Brown’s associate head coach turned out to be unlucky timing.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of unlucky
Adjective
  • His opportunity to coach this team had come after the Chargers lost in disastrous fashion to the Raiders in 2023 in Las Vegas.
    Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The only exception is the somewhat confusing nature of the Wii U, which was more or less a Wii with a Gamepad, and that helped lead to disastrous sales.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of disastrous
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