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as in witch
a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers
people who used to believe that misfortune was caused by evil hexes and mischievous sprites
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as in curse
something that brings bad luck
there seemed to be a hex on him, for all of his business ventures came to naught despite his hard work
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as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
the wizard had put a hex on the evil gnome that turned him to stone
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as in to spell
to cast a spell on
I think our plans have been hexed from the start—everything is going wrong
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Recent Examples of hex
Rob Wieland, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Customers can also learn how to cast spells and hexes, the store says.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
Witches used it to hex the election.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 17 Dec. 2020
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Noun
This line is built with RPGs in mind featuring hex and grid pages and inserts for popular game for tracking character stats.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Customers can also learn how to cast spells and hexes, the store says.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
Thus, he became known as a super-callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis!
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2023
Witches used it to hex the election.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 17 Dec. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hex
Noun
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Local truffles are also on sale, not pungent but neither pricey and historically called devil’s mushroom by those who considered them as food for witches.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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The original 1998 movie, which was directed by Griffin Dunne and grossed more than $47 million stateside, followed two witch sisters, raised by their eccentric aunts in a small town, who are faced with closed-minded prejudice and a curse that threatens to prevent them from finding lasting love.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 May 2025
Noun
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This wasn't the first time one reduced me to spewing curses, just the first time a robot has accused me of impertinence.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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But many are finding that blessing comes with a curse.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Speaking to Rolling Stone, the teacher, who requested anonymity, said her partner of seven years fell under the spell of ChatGPT in just four or five weeks, first using it to organize his daily schedule but soon regarding it as a trusted companion.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
4 May 2025
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It's forecast to bring a spell of cooler, damper weather to a region that's in desperate need of rain.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
Verb
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Kurtis Rourke did a lot for the Hoosiers last season, but Mendoza, a Cal transfer, possesses a higher ceiling.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Some of this work thus possessed religious potency akin to dos Santos’s power figure in the entrance of the exhibit, protected as sacred knowledge by generations of enslaved Africans taken to South America.—
Delinda Collier,
Artforum,
1 May 2025
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Nicolas Cage dons the wizard's robes as the centuries-old sorcerer Balthazar Blake, with Jay Baruchel starring as his college-age protégé.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Lorre and Karloff also play sorcerers, Dr. Adolphus Bedlo and Dr. Scarabus, respectively, while Nicholson is Rexford Bedlo, the son of Lorre’s character.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Knocking on wood: This age-old superstition is believed to prevent bad luck or jinxes.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American-Statesman,
13 Dec. 2024
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This gave Mahomes the go ahead to change up his hairstyle without worrying about a potential jinx.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Curry was charmed by Edwards’ inner Antness, that combination of swagger and soul that has All-NBA players like Randle, Towns and Gobert enthusiastically giving in to his gravitational pull.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Here’s a two-in-one shelf and coat rack that oozes charm thanks to the playful scalloped detail outlining each hook.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
8 May 2025
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“Hex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hex. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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