hag

CEFRC2

/ˈhæɡ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An offensive word for an old woman.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An evil woman.

Examples

  • An old hag of 50 years made me lustful propositions; she wanted to kiss me.

  • Hagåtña is the capital of Guam.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈheɪ̯ɡ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An ugly old woman.

  2. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.

  3. A fury; a she-monster.

More examples

In context

  • […] on one occasion, where the bog had been cut away, a stump was discovered which bore evident marks of having been hagged [hacked].

  • And that olde hag that with a staffe his staggering lymbes dooth stay

  • Such unaccountable masses of shades and shadows, that at first you almost thought some ambitious young artist, in the time of the New England hags, had endeavored to delineate chaos bewitched.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hagge, hegge (“demon, old woman”), shortening of Old English hægtesse, hægtes (“harpy, witch”), from Proto-West Germanic *hagatussjā. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Häkse (“witch”), Dutch heks, German Hexe (“witch”). Doublet of hex.