jinn

variants or jinns also djinn or djinns
Definition of jinnnext
plural of jinni

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Recent Examples of jinn By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jinn
Noun
  • He and Ka-young are reunited, both as genies.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 40th release, however, marks the first time the brand has ever released a tequila—an extra añejo blend put together by a leading name in the agave spirits industry.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Cushla’s world is full of defiant spirits, including her mother, a woman struggling with addiction who spends most of her days bound to her living room and the bottom of a bottle.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • According to Heuisler, after 21 years in barrels the whiskey stood at about 110 proof, and only about a quarter of the liquid actually remained after decades of the angels drinking their share.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Reeves gives life to John Constantine, a chain-smoking cynic with the ability to perceive the true visage of half-angels and half-demons.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The changes also allowed Mingo to step out of the shadows cast by André DeShields and Richard Pryor, who played the Wiz in the original Broadway show and 1978 movie adaptation, and make the role his own.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In it, prisoners trapped inside a cave perceive the world only through shadows cast by outside objects.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Just in time for Halloween, the sonic phantoms that have long plagued the ladies of The View have seemingly possessed inanimate objects over on the Live With Kelly and Mark set.
    Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Understanding neutrinos’ properties could help explain how how the universe formed, how stars evolve and whether neutrinos, which pass through the Earth and even our bodies like phantoms, are their own antiparticles.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As Calhoun summarizes, the first part takes up the subject of magic and necromancy, the second treats of witchcraft and sorcery, and the third discourses of all kinds of spirits and specters.
    Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Jinn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jinn. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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