hag

noun

ˈhag How to pronounce hag (audio)
Definition of hagnext
1
as in witch
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 sorceress
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 hag There’s an undercurrent of anxiety under all of it, outside of the sea hag. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026 Is there a more ostentatious fat hag in America than Meghan McCain? — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025 The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under. — Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026 The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination. — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for hag
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hag
  1. witch
  2. crone
Noun
  • The story follows Kiki, a young witch who moves to the port city of Koriko with her cat Jiji and starts a flying courier service.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 July 2026
  • Sarah Paulson will return as Cordelia Goode, the Supreme of the New Orleans witches, who was last seen paving the way for the ascent of Billie Lourd's Mallory to replace her.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
Definition of witch
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  • Every person who is an adult but not yet elderly needs a crone in their lives.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 18 June 2026
  • In the next, he is pursued by a demon crone known in local legend as the Sea Hag.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Definition of crone

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“Hag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hag. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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