hexed

verb

past tense of hex
as in possessed
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 hexed Back in 2011, Lil B hexed Kevin Durant after the basketball star dissed the Bay Area rapper’s music on Twitter. — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hexed
  1. possessed
  2. cursed
  3. enchanted
  4. spelled
  5. charmed
  6. bewitched
  7. seduced
  8. struck
Verb
  • The original 1980s building possessed generous scale but lacked atmospheric depth.
    — Michael James Gardner, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The ammunition, firearms and explosive materials were unlawfully possessed because of his previous felony convictions, prosecutors said.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of possessed
Verb
  • Kristian Matsson, who records under the moniker The Tallest Man on Earth, is both blessed and cursed by having arrived nearly fully formed.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Shunned by locals, who believe she is cursed, Eleni turns to ancient rituals to resurrect her dead offspring but instead summons malevolent folkloric creatures known as the Kalikantzari.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of cursed
Verb
  • My daughter was enchanted by the Balinese rice-on-the-forehead ritual for good fortune that is a part of the arrival, and the front desk staff happily indulged her request to do it again—multiple times a day.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps too enchanted, as Pitt lost his date on the dance floor that night.
    — Daysia Tolentino, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of enchanted
Verb
  • Lifted from the pavement, that lead spelled a letter in her hand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • And when Walker was spelled, Emmett Johnson picked up tough yards.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of spelled
Verb
  • And then, of course, she gets charmed by the insidious nature of it all.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • No rude reality intrudes on Avedon’s dream city, where the women are beautiful and in love and even the bystanders are charmed.
    — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of charmed
Verb
  • Even sequels and prequels — say, those in the Star Wars canon — ideally aspire to a degree of self-sufficiency in which the audience can discern the story and, properly bewitched, can proceed to seek out the other movies.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Eerie in a way that feels more seductive than scary, the film isn’t bewitched by its demons so much as the process of transubstantiation by which a (self)tortured young woman can transform them into grace.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
Definition of bewitched
Verb
  • Armani’s languid silhouette soon seduced red- and blue-blooded men the world over.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The song is about a true story of three Dutch teenage girls in World War II, during the occupation, who seduced Nazi officers and murdered them in the woods.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of seduced
Verb
  • Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • For Patil, Selvi’s habit of putting her own plans on hold struck close to home.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of struck

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“Hexed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hexed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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