HEXED Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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Verb

Information was scarce, and those who possessed it held a clear advantage.

— Nick Leighton, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
But Edward, possessed of a tragic backstory and an iron will, isn’t giving up so easily.

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of possessed

Verb

In a wartorn country where air travel is too perilous to even consider, the roads are the obvious option, but are jammed, precarious, and cursed with long, torturous border queues.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Instead, the ghosts of flower power rose from their graves and cursed the entire Sex Squadron with a thundercloud of paranoia from all the bad acid trips ever to hit Haight-Ashbury.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of cursed

Verb

The spa Among the most enchanted of spaces in a castle that is seemingly composed of nothing but enchanted spaces.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026
Pop music is enchanted with electric guitar this year between the Charli XCX and Olivia Rodrigo rock albums.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of enchanted

Verb

Still, there is no place for striker Deniz Undav, who led Germany with three goals and two assists at the World Cup before a round-of-32 loss on penalties to Paraguay spelled the end of coach Julian Nagelsmann's tenure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026
While most are familiar with the name spelled John, this spelling has held its own spot on the chart since 1920.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of spelled

Verb

Norway’s Erling Haaland, who charmed the world during this summer’s tournament, has more goals for club and country at 26 than either Messi or Ronaldo had at the same age.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
We are charmed by the charming Odette as a snake is charmed, held swaying in wonder, only to be disillusioned afterward.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 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

Many have taken up such invitations, seduced by the island’s stress-free, go-slow rhythm.

— Michelle Jana Chan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026
Or if leadership got seduced by silhouette, movement and atmosphere, neglecting to marry the galleries to the overall concept.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of seduced

Verb

Meanwhile, repairs to a crucial Saudi Arabian oil pipeline that was struck in an attack last week could last three to five weeks, putting it mostly out of service, two regional officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
Russia struck a Ukrainian passenger train close to the Polish border, narrowly missing one carrying European diplomats and a former British prime minister, the latest sign of Moscow’s escalation of the conflict.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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