The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - jinxn.

1) (evil) spell, curse, evil eye, malediction, voodoo, US and Canadian hex: I felt I had lost at roulette because she had put a jinx on me. 2) nemesis, Jonah: If we don't throw that jinx overboard we shall all die. --v. 3) curse, bewitch, damn, doom, sabotage, condemn, US and Canadian hex: My career was jinxed from the start.