hex

verb

ˈheks 

hexed; hexing; hexes

intransitive verb

: to practice witchcraft

transitive verb

1

: to put an evil spell on

She … concluded that a family enemy had persuaded a sorcerer … to hex the girl.

—Paul J. Magnarella

2

: to affect as if by an evil spell : jinx

Economic conservatives have got it into their heads that the departure of Mr. Wall Street will somehow hex the market …

—Florence King

hexer noun

Synonyms of hex

• spell
• curse
• possess
• charm
• strike
• enchant

Examples of hex in a Sentence

I think our plans have been hexed from the start—everything is going wrong.

Recent Examples on the Web

Back in 2011, Lil B hexed Kevin Durant after the basketball star dissed the Bay Area rapper’s music on Twitter. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026

Any townhouse in Manhattan lacking a landmark designation is at constant risk, even those by architects who don’t seem as hexed as Rudolph. —Anthony Paletta, Curbed, 13 Jan. 2026

Like Demi Moore with a bad dose of The Substance, experimental electronic producer aya’s second album hexed! —Pitchfork, 2 Dec. 2025

Less Eras tour, more cannonball run, Warhol condenses decades of change into a zany 45 minutes. aya, hexed! —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Pennsylvania German hexe, from German hexen, from Hexe witch, from Old High German hagzissa; akin to Middle English hagge hag

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Rhymes for hex

• becks
• checks
• czechs
• decks
• dex
• ex
• flecks
• flex
• lex
• necks
• pecks
• plex

Kids Definition

hex

1 of 3 verb

ˈheks 

1

: to put a hex on

2

: to affect as if by an evil spell : jinx

hexer noun

hex

2 of 3 noun

1

: spell entry 1 sense 1b, jinx

2

: witch sense 1

hex

3 of 3 adjective or noun

: hexadecimal