A Jinx is a type of spell with negative effects used mostly for the amusement of observers and the minor discomfort of the victim. They are also part of defensive magic, and students of Defence Against the Dark Arts learn them.
Jinx effects can be removed by a Counter-jinx, and they can be prevented by an Anti-Jinx.
J.K. Rowling said that "Jinxes can be irritating but amusing."
List of Jinxes
Some jinxes include:
- Anti-Cheating Spell
- Backfiring Jinx
- Confundus Charm (Confundo)
- Dumbledore's Army parchment jinx
- Impediment Jinx (Impedimenta)
- Inflatus
- Jelly-Legs Jinx
- Jinx on the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher
- Knockback Jinx (Flipendo)
- Langlock
- Leek Jinx
- Levicorpus
- Melofors
- Orbis
- Revulsion Jinx (Relashio)
- Stinging Hex
- Stretching Jinx
- Tarantallegra
- Ventus
- Multiple non-verbal jinxes/curses from the movies, most interestingly one that seems to go right through the target.
- The jinx placed on the Dumbledore's Army parchment