nnoun.persona person believed to bring bad luck to those around himSynset:jonah
Derivationally Related Form:jinx
Hypernyms:unfortunate unfortunate person
Inherited Hypernyms:jonahunfortunatepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:jonahunfortunatepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.communicationan evil spellSynset:curse hex whammy
Examples:- a witch put a curse on his whole family
- he put the whammy on me
Derivationally Related Form:jinxcursehex
Hypernyms:charm magic spell magical spell spell
Inherited Hypernyms:hexspellspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
vverb.communicationcast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or somethingSynset:bewitch enchant glamour hex witch
Derivationally Related Form:enchanterenchantmentwitchhexwitcheryjinxbewitchmentglamour
Hypernyms:becharm charm
Inherited Hypernyms:hexcharmcontrol
Direct Hyponyms:spellvoodoo
Full Troponyms:spellvoodoo
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.cognitionforedoom to failureDerivationally Related Form:jinx
Hypernyms:foreordain predestine preordain
Inherited Hypernyms:jinxpredestinepredeterminedeterminecausemake
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody