Thesaurus results for HAGS

hags

noun

plural of hag

as in witches

a mean or ugly old woman although she looks like a hag, she's really the sweetest old lady you could ever hope to meet

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as in sorceresses

a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers falsely accused of being a hag who had caused the plague

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Recent Examples of hags And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags. —

The Week, TheWeek, 7 May 2026 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

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Released in 1993, Hocus Pocus is set on a Halloween Night when three 17th century witches — Winnie (Midler), Sarah (Parker), and Mary (Najimy) — are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts, hundreds of years after their heyday.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 May 2026
There are flashes of overwhelming tenderness and wind-stopping moments, and the songs are generally rich and full of character, populated by her usual cast of gay witches, Southern Baptist girls, medicine women, saints, and pre-Christian gods.

— Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 30 Apr. 2026