1. A person believed to bring bad luck to those around them
   "The team considered him a jinx after losing every game he attended";
   - jonah [informal]
    
2. An evil spell
   "a witch put a jinx on his whole family";
   - hex, curse, whammy, mozz [Austral, informal]

1. Cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
   "The old woman was accused of jinxing the village";
   - hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant
    
2. Foredoom to failure
   "This project is jinxed!"

Sounds like: jewels, joujinx, j

Derived forms: jinxed, jinxes, jinxing

Type of: becharm [archaic], charm, foreordain, magic spell, magical spell, predestine, preordain, spell, unfortunate, unfortunate person

Encyclopedia: Jinx