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Recent Examples of hag
Grotesque sea hags, killer clowns, demonic self-help books and more plague the town and its mayor, Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys).
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.
—The Week, TheWeek, 7 May 2026
Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
People online can call you an old hag or too young, but one thing is for sure.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2025
Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
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.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 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
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags.
—The Week, TheWeek, 7 May 2026
Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain?
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
People online can call you an old hag or too young, but one thing is for sure.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 3 Dec. 2025
Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares.
—Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
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.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hag
Noun
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Others determined how to identify and punish witches.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2026
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Shrub choices might include caryopteris and the native fall-blooming witch-hazel.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
Noun
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From the dramatic adolescent to the unpredictable PMS-ing woman to the irritable menopausal crone, unattractive stereotypes of women ruled by their hormones abound.—
Patricia Bencivenga,
STAT,
26 Mar. 2026
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At a central spot, the crones halted, pulled out their cauldron and began the dark ritual.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Hag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hag. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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