hex

A magic spell intended to cause harm or bad luck.

• They tried to break the hex.
• She feared a hex had caused her bad luck.
• Who put a hex on this house?

How to use it: put a hex on someone/something (The witch put a hex on the village.)

Similar words: curse, jinx

Opposites: blessing

Common phrases: put a hex, break a hex, hex on someone

A woman believed to have magical powers, especially harmful ones.

• Villagers feared the old hex.
• The tale describes a hex who lived alone in the woods.
• They accused their neighbour of being a hex.

Similar words: witch

Common phrases: an old hex, village hex

To use magic to bring bad luck or harm to someone.

• The witch threatened to hex him.
• She believed someone had hexed her family.
• In the story, he hexes anyone who enters his garden.

Similar words: curse, bewitch, jinx

Opposites: bless

Common phrases: hex someone, hex an enemy