Antonyms for jinx

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : jingks

Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪŋks

Definition of jinx

Origin : 1911, American English, originally baseball slang; perhaps ultimately from jyng "a charm, a spell" (17c.), originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from Latin iynx "wryneck," from Greek iynx.
Most mysterious of all in the psychics of baseball is the "jinx," that peculiar "hoodoo" which affects, at times, a man, at other times a whole team. Let a man begin to think that there is a "jinx" about, and he is done for for the time being. ["Technical World Magazine," 1911]
The verb is 1912 in American English, from the noun. Related: Jinxed; jinxing.

noun curse
verb curse

Example sentences :

He asked me whose it was; and he asked me about you, and, by jinx!
Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman

"It might be, if there were any such animal as a jinx," laughed Darrin.
Extract from : « Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service » by H. Irving Hancock

By jinx, when I heard the Municipals were coming, I was scared they'd get him for sure.
Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey

That's why you get it cheap—if you'll take it and chase out the jinx that's been wished on me.
Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers

Ah kin help yo all ward off evil and jinx; ah kin help yo all git a job; ah kin help yo all ovah come the ruination uv yo home.
Extract from : « Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4 » by Work Projects Administration

But the “jinx” had not yet deserted him, as he was soon to discover.
Extract from : « Bert Wilson's Twin Cylinder Racer » by J. W. Duffield

Here was another proof that the jinx was still camping on their trail.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick

Guess there is a jinx after this team all right, he growled.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick

Did you by any chance catch sight of the jinx thats been following us?
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick

It seems at times as though a jinx were pursuing the Yankees, remarked Jim.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick

Synonyms for jinx

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