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Recent Examples of hag
Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.
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Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
But when the island’s prince is kidnapped, an unlikely alliance of an ogre, hag, wizard and fey will have only days to sneak around London to save him.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
On the flipside is the hag: unattractive, withered and unpleasant.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
But any kinship with the master storyteller dissolves when the movie makes an abrupt swerve midway into witchy hag horror but fails to bolster that turn with compelling mythology.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
That lady is really the aforementioned murderous hag (Meredith Binder), her false veneer of youthful beauty reinforced by a magic mirror’s flattering (if also caustic) topless female spirits, and sustained via grisly methods seemingly inspired by Elizabeth Bathory.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 May 2025
Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
But when the island’s prince is kidnapped, an unlikely alliance of an ogre, hag, wizard and fey will have only days to sneak around London to save him.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
On the flipside is the hag: unattractive, withered and unpleasant.
—Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
But any kinship with the master storyteller dissolves when the movie makes an abrupt swerve midway into witchy hag horror but fails to bolster that turn with compelling mythology.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
That lady is really the aforementioned murderous hag (Meredith Binder), her false veneer of youthful beauty reinforced by a magic mirror’s flattering (if also caustic) topless female spirits, and sustained via grisly methods seemingly inspired by Elizabeth Bathory.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 May 2025
Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hag
Noun
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Been there, shrieked at that — but give the Normans credit for leaning into the mean-spirited spirit of the endeavor with some groan- and cheer-worthy fatalities, including a POV shot from the perspective of a witch’s broomstick.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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In 1690s Massachusetts, the moral entrepreneurs were religious authorities who labeled people as satanic witches and killed many of them.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lisa is dancing the Godmother, a kind of a midwife crone who puts other people before herself, always beside them.—
Guillermo Perez,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The shrew is one of these mammals, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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The elephant shrew genus Macroscelides was the sole exception, shifting to omnivory after adopting myrmecophagy during the Eocene.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
ArsTechnica,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Hag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hag. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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