hexes 1 of 2

plural of hex
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as in witches
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 curses
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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hexes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hex

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Recent Examples of hexes
Noun
Every franchise has a particular history and set of hexes and a particular relationship with its crowd. Samanth Subramanian, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026 Gaia Project's changing, rotating hexes mix can be combined to create a wealth of different playing spaces, making the game infinitely replayable. Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hexes
Noun
  • Terrifying witches who bewitch unsuspecting travelers with cursed meat.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Fortunately, Bagley’s cast doesn’t hold back in this slight but fun effort that features witches, zombies and other underground dwellers.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • Directed by Sébastien Vanicek (2023’s Infested), the follow-up to 2023 reboot Evil Dead Rise stars Wednesday‘s Hunter Doohan in a story about curses lingering too long in a family and the undead that haunts them.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 July 2026
  • Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • Tubbs’s mother, a tender-hearted woman given to long spells of depression, had a soft spot for strays.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • The 1995 Chicago heat wave is the most notorious and deadly of the city's hot spells, and in fact the deadliest weather event in the city's history.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Building from that foundation, much of new avatar still possesses an R&B ethos, even when specific production and instrumentation choices suggest otherwise.
    Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026
  • The 24-year-old possesses a quick-trigger jump shot and a desire to get to the hoop.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Noun
  • Indeed, the sequel to the fan-favorite 1998 film, in which Bullock and Kidman play sister sorcerers, will hit theaters this September.
    Joyce Chen, Architectural Digest, 2 May 2026
  • An odder explanation involves sorcerers (koldunï-arbui) and sacrifices.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Bryce Canyon National Park Bryce Canyon National Park is known for its otherworldly landscape of vibrant red rock hoodoos—tall spires of rock sculpted by millions of years of erosion.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026
  • The South Unit's badlands, deep-cut canyons, and sandy hoodoos allow modern explorers to see the allure of a wild North Dakota.
    Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Vibeke charms his in-laws, coos over the baby and, according to Karl’s quick furtive search of her handbag, appears to be taking her meds.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Elle Woods, the headstrong sorority girl turned Harvard Law student played by Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 film, charms her way into the Ivy League law school through relentless studying and an out-of-the-box admissions video essay.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • Turns out Danhausen isn’t the only celebrity throwing down jinxes.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2026

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“Hexes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hexes. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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