hexed
3
8.8
Having bad luck because someone put a curse on them
- adjective
- /hɛkst/
- Informal
:
maldito
Examples
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This is a hexed situation.
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All I know is that I'm hexed.
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After losing his job and relationship, he felt completely hexed by bad luck.
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She believed that her old house was hexed because strange things kept happening.
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Many locals avoided the abandoned lot, claiming it was hexed and brought misfortune.
Synonyms
136
5.3
Having bad luck because of a magic spell, sometimes used to show anger or strong feeling
is about belief in bad luck rather than emphatic annoyance
unlucky
vshexed
89
1.0
Having bad luck that causes problems
is similar but adds belief in a spell causing the misfortune
5
7.9
Having a lot of bad luck that causes many problems
is the informal word for that same belief about misfortune
1
9.0
Likely to have bad luck and end badly
is about belief in a spell rather than long term destiny
9.9
Under a curse that brings bad luck
is the casual idea of bad luck rather than formal condemnation
Antonyms
How Cursed
Surface Forms
hexed positive
Morphology
Etymology
Hexed comes from the German word hexe, which means 'witch'. A helpful way to remember it is that being hexed is like living under a witch's spell, which is why it means 'cursed' or very unlucky.