to hex
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9.3
- verb
- /hɛks/
- Literature
- She later found out that she had been hexed by a man whose attentions she had rejected.
- witches hex
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- They rally about the animal, its claws hexing the desert and the waning echoes of screaming neonates in small Wicker beds.
Examples
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When they get mad at you, they hex you.
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We're not hexing him.
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Maybe I did hex that Bell girl.
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You hexed her, didn't you?
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You may hex me.
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I hex you.
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They especially care for the lives of their relatives so that they shall not be cursed or hexed by witches.
Academic text (1995) -
The witch claimed she could hex anyone who crossed her path.
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After the argument, he joked that his former friend might hex him for revenge.
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In the old legend, the sorceress would hex those who harmed the innocent.
Synonyms
183
7.6
To wish bad things to happen to someone by calling on a magic power
132
4.8
To wish harm on someone using magic
34
7.5
To cause bad luck for someone or something by saying something
16
7.2
To attract and charm someone as if by magic
11
7.7
To put a magic spell on someone or something
2
9.9
To cast a magic spell that makes someone see or feel things that are not real
1
8.1
To put a magic spell on someone to harm or control them
1
9.9
To ruin plans or crops, used in old language
1
9.3
To use magic to harm or control someone
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Etymology
To hex someone comes from the same German Hexe 'witch', and it means to put a curse on someone or to bring them bad luck.