US /hɛks/ UK /hɛks/
noun verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a magic spell or curse, or to cast such a spell on someone

    The villagers believed the old woman had put a hex on their crops.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a magic spell or curse, or... cursespelljinxcharmenchantmentbewitchwhammy
Opposites
blessingbenediction
Word family
Derived forms hexer
Related forms hexerei

Etymology

From Pennsylvania German hex ('to cast a spell'), from German Hexe ('witch'), from Old High German hagazussa, of uncertain ultimate origin.

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