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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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Examples of hex in a Sentence
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Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 June 2024
To save her love, Wanda extends the hex and traps more innocent people inside — all while dressed in a classic Scarlet Witch costume from the comics.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2023
Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2021
The most common Punjabi phrase people are using to hex the president seems to have originated in a tweet unrelated to Trump, from a fan account dedicated to Cory Monteith, the Glee star who died in 2013.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2020
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Noun
But Hex has the power of an actual hex, thanks to the way the Canadian singer/songwriter and co-producer Jay Crocker (JOYFULTALK) bend odd samples, akimbo beats and snaking guitar lines into weird shapes that carry the echo of folk music, tropicalia, exotica and various strains of pop.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 June 2024
To save her love, Wanda extends the hex and traps more innocent people inside — all while dressed in a classic Scarlet Witch costume from the comics.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2023
Verb
At the trial, the judge wondered if demonstrators outside the courtroom were using voodoo dolls, or planning to hex anyone.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2021
The most common Punjabi phrase people are using to hex the president seems to have originated in a tweet unrelated to Trump, from a fan account dedicated to Cory Monteith, the Glee star who died in 2013.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2020
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“Hex.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hex. Accessed 9 Oct. 2024.
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