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| Main Entry: | jinx |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | bedevil, bewitch, charm, condemn, damn*, enchant, hex, cast a spell on, give the evil eye |
| Antonyms: | benefit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hapless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate |
| Synonyms: | cursed, ill-fated, loser, luckless, miserable, sad sack, star-crossed*, unhappy, unlucky, untoward, woeful, wretched, behind the eightball, hexed, ill-starred, infelicitous, jinxed, jonah, poor fish, snakebit, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | fortuitous, fortunate, lucky, well-off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | star-crossed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doomed |
| Synonyms: | cursed, damned, disastrous, ill-fated, luckless, unfortunate, unlucky, catastrophic, ill-omened, ill-starred, jinxed, misfortunate |
| Main Entry: | unfortunate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unlucky, bad |
| Synonyms: | adverse, afflicted, broken, burdened, calamitous, cursed, damaging, deplorable, desperate, destitute, disastrous, doomed, forsaken, hapless, hopeless, ill-fated, inappropriate, inopportune, lamentable, luckless, pained, poor, regrettable, ruined, ruinous, star-crossed*, stricken, troubled, unbecoming, unfavorable, unhappy, unpropitious, unsuccessful, unsuitable, untoward, wretched, ill-starred, in a bad way, infelicitous, jinxed, out of luck, shattered, unprosperous |
| Antonyms: | fortunate, good, happy, lucky, timely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, curse, darn, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, jinx, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, anathematize, cast out, complain of, cry down, cuss, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, object to, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
| Antonyms: | bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vilify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize very harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth*, berate, blister, censure, curse, damn, debase, decry, defame, denigrate, denounce, dig*, disparage, dress down*, jinx, knock*, libel, malign, mistreat, pan*, put down*, rap*, revile, roast*, run down, scorch, slam*, slander, slur, smear*, tear down*, traduce, vituperate, voodoo*, asperse, call down*, caluminate, cuss, dump on, give a black eye, mudsling, put a whammy on, rag on, rip up, skin alive, speak ill of, tear into |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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