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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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as in spells
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 possesses
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 hexes
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.
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Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
21 Dec. 2025
Noun
Every franchise has a particular history and set of hexes and a particular relationship with its crowd.
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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
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For Szabo’s freaky, compact masterpiece is not explicitly about witches.
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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.
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Morgan and her Judgment Day cronies tried to bribe Danhausen to put curses on their opponents.
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In baseball, curses are no joking matter, and the Curse of the FTD Burger might now have befallen the team.
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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.
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And England had been desperately poor for long spells of the game, tense, panicked, shambolic in defence.
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The United States possesses the world’s strongest military, most innovative economy, and deepest capital markets.
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While Languedoc possesses remarkable varietal diversity, Legrand is quick to point out that grapes are only the starting point.
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Indeed, the sequel to the fan-favorite 1998 film, in which Bullock and Kidman play sister sorcerers, will hit theaters this September.
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An odder explanation involves sorcerers (koldunï-arbui) and sacrifices.
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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.
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The South Unit's badlands, deep-cut canyons, and sandy hoodoos allow modern explorers to see the allure of a wild North Dakota.
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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.
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The resort still charms visitors with a taste of Austria, including its on-site von Trapp Brewery and Alpine-style cheese fondue.
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Turns out Danhausen isn’t the only celebrity throwing down jinxes.
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“Hexes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hexes. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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