jinxEnglishOxford American Thesaurusjinx noun the jinx struck six days later, when fire gutted the building: curse, spell, hoodoo, malediction, plague, affliction; the evil eye, black magic, voodoo, bad luck, evil fortune; Irish cess; North American hex; informal the kiss of death; archaic malison.verb some people believe the family is jinxed: curse, cast a spell on, put the evil eye on, hoodoo, bewitch; Australian point the bone at; North American hex; Australian, informal mozz, put the mozz on; rare accurse.