Thesaurus: jonah

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1. n. The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious.
2. n. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around them
3. The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one who endangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence is unpropitious. Jonah crab (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) of the eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found between tides, but usually in deep water.
4. The Hebrew prophet, who was cast overboard as one whoendangered the ship; hence, any person whose presence isunpropitious. Jonah crab (Zoöl.), a large crab (Cancer borealis) ofthe eastern coast of the United States, sometimes found betweentides, but usually in deep water.
5. n. (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land n. a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him n. a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale