witchy
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- adjective
- /ˈwɪtʃi/
- Informal
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- The art exhibit had a witchy vibe, filled with mysterious paintings and glowing candles.
- witchy-looking
- witchy woman
- dark, witchy
Who is that half sister that didn't get any witchy powers?
- Who is that half sister that didn't get any witchy powers?
- But like the witchy vibes of the sleeves now with this skirt, it kind of goes.
- The unmasking of June Pharaoh, which so far is giving me a little bit like, witchy vibes.
- So this book takes place in Salem, MA and our main character's name is Eleanor and she is the least witchy person to exist.
- I love magical witchy romance books and that's I guess what it was, but it also just wasn't.
- So we wanted to go like at first we're kind of going harvest vibes, but then we're like, hold on, let's switch it up and go like witchy vibes.
- Witchcraft, your stereotypical bad witchy stuff I didn't know.
Examples
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In the dark, there was something supernatural about the tremendous vats, pans, and pots, something witchy and thrilling.
Academic text (2007) -
It was noted that Marianne's face was oddly triangular, sallow-skinned, and witchy; her downcast eyes were overlarge in their sockets.
Fiction book (1997) -
Yes, girl, wake up and call your witchy friends.
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It's like a nice kind of witchy, witchy brown.
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Again, she let fly with that witchy laugh.
Fiction book (2002) -
Your witchy, witchy ways won't work on me.
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Wish Club, with its witchy storyline, makes an awesome Halloween or October book club read.
Blog text (11) -
She is witchy though, isn't she?
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A witchy-looking old woman hobbled out from behind a grove of trees.
Fiction book (2001) -
On Thursday, I was primed and pumped for some witchy, twisty ways at The Bootleg Theater.
Blog text (34)
Synonyms
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3.8
Having powers that people say come from witches or wizards
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8.2
Having magic power to change people or things
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9.9
Having magic powers like those in stories
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8.8
Having strange magic that seems to affect people or places
Like a person who uses magic and looks frightening
Seeming strange and a little like someone from a fairy story
Antonyms
How Magical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Witchy comes from the word witch plus the ending -y, where witch once meant 'a person with magic powers' and -y means 'having the quality of'. So witchy describes something that feels magical or mysterious.