INDIAN SIGNS Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

Indian signs

noun

plural of Indian sign, chiefly British

as in curses

something that brings bad luck the Indian sign has apparently been put on that rugby team, which has lost 10 straight games

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Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.

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In baseball, curses are no joking matter, and the Curse of the FTD Burger might now have befallen the team.

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And England had been desperately poor for long spells of the game, tense, panicked, shambolic in defence.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 1 July 2026

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