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hags

noun

plural of hag

as in witches

a mean or ugly old woman although she looks like a hag, she's really the sweetest old lady you could ever hope to meet

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a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers falsely accused of being a hag who had caused the plague

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Recent Examples of hags The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination. — Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026 Martha’s Vineyard also has knife-wielding men in masks and creepy sea hags! — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 And nor are any of the spooky figures, which range from 1950s housewives to toothless hags. — The Week, TheWeek, 7 May 2026 Our conjure drives the cinematic imagination of Americans like the hags who ride our backs during our darkest nightmares. — Essence, 29 Oct. 2025 Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

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She and Kidman reprise their roles as sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, witches in Massachusetts who must once more confront a family curse that causes the deaths of men whom women in their family fall in love with.

— Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026
Black cats can be seen as bad omens, sometimes associated with witches and with the old superstition to not let a black cat cross your path.

— Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

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