jinx (
http://definr.com/jinx)
n 1: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
[syn:
jonah]
2: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"
[syn:
hex,
curse]
v 1: cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone
or something [syn:
hex,
bewitch,
glamour,
witch,
enchant]
2: foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"