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hex
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hex has 1 sense
- hex(n = noun.communication) curse, jinx, whammy - an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" is a kind of charm, magic spell, magical spell, spell
Derived form verb hex1
Verb hex has 1 sense
- hex(v = verb.communication) bewitch, enchant, glamour, jinx, witch - cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something; Array is one way to becharm, charm
Derived form noun hex1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Adjective hex has 1 sense
- hex(a = adj.pert) hexadecimal - of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base; Array
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hex, v. & n. US
--v.
1 intr. practise witchcraft.
2 tr. bewitch.
--n.
1 a magic spell.
2 a witch.
--v.
1 intr. practise witchcraft.
2 tr. bewitch.
--n.
1 a magic spell.
2 a witch.
Etymology
Pennsylvanian G hexe (v.), Hex (n.), f. G hexen, Hexe
THESAURUS
hex
Jonah, Weird Sisters, abuse, accurse, afflict, aggrieve, anathema, anathematize, bad influence, ban, bedevil, befoul, bewitch, blaspheme, blasphemy, blast, blight, bring bad luck, cantrip, charm, commination, condemn, confound, corrupt, coven, crucify, curse, damage, damn, damnation, darn, defile, demonize, denunciation, deprave, despoil, destroy, diabolize, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, enchant, enchantment, enchantress, envenom, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, excommunicate, excommunication, execrate, execration, exorcism, fulminate against, fulmination, get into trouble, glamour, hag, harass, harm, hoodoo, hurt, ill wind, impair, imprecate, imprecation, infect, injure, jinx, lamia, magic spell, malevolent influence, malison, malocchio, maltreat, menace, mistreat, molest, obsess, outrage, overlook, persecute, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, possess, prejudice, proscription, savage, scathe, shamaness, sorceress, spell, taint, threaten, throw a whammy, thunder against, thundering, torment, torture, violate, voodoo, wanga, weird, whammy, witch, witchwife, witchwoman, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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