"jinx" in the noun sense
1. jonah, jinx
a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
2. hex, jinx, curse, whammy
an evil spell
"a witch put a curse on his whole family"
"he put the whammy on me"
"jinx" in the verb sense
1. hex, bewitch, glamour, witch, enchant, jinx
cast a spell over someone or something put a hex on someone or something
2. jinx
foredoom to failure
"This project is jinxed!"
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