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Recent Examples of hag
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.
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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
This is indicative of someone who puts men at the center of their universe, viewing other women as either competition or jealous hags.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 31 Mar. 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
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
This is indicative of someone who puts men at the center of their universe, viewing other women as either competition or jealous hags.
—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 31 Mar. 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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Shay Riggin, a witch and influencer, advises people to rest and ground themselves during the eclipse and avoid being underneath the moon, according to a video posted on her Instagram.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Before there was Wednesday, there was The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, with the incomparable Kiernan Shipka taking on the role of everyone’s favorite teenage witch from the Archie Comics.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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Today, there are 12 practitioners at Tea & Tarot that do a variety of things including Akashic records, tea leaf readings, angel numbers and numerology, herbal facials, tarot, herbal tarot, crone magic, astrology, mediumship and animal communication.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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