How do you use the word "witch" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "witch" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "witch": The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug. The strange-looking woman was thought to be a witch.

Witch Meaning

/wɪt͡ʃ/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.

nounA person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.

Sentence Examples

The wicked witch cast a spell on the man and turned him into a bug.

The strange-looking woman was thought to be a witch.

Between ourselves, the fat ugly witch is on a diet.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

hex glamour

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The old ____ cast a powerful spell that turned the prince into a frog.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

In the story, the ____ lives in a dark and mysterious house in the middle of the deep and dark forest today.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Old English wiċċe Proto-Germanic *wikkōną Proto-West Germanic *wikkōn Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Proto-West Germanic *wikkō Old English wiċċa Middle English wicche English witch The noun is from Middle English wicche, from Old English wiċċe (“(female) witch; sorceress”) and wiċċa (“(male) witch; sorcerer; warlock”), deverbative from wiċċian (“to practice sorcery”), from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną (compare West Frisian wikje, wikke (“to foretell; to warn”), German Low German wicken (“to soothsay”), Dutch wikken, wichelen (“to dowse; to divine”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-néh₂-, derivation of *weyk- (“to consecrate; to separate”); akin to Latin victima (“sacrificial victim”), Lithuanian viẽkas (“life-force”), Sanskrit वि॒नक्ति॑ (vinákti, “to set apart; to separate out”). Possibly related to wicked; see that entry for more. The verb derives from the noun.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"He cannot abide the old woman of Brentford; he swears she's a witch." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

"It was easy to understand that they were witches, who had turned themselves into ravens." — 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 186:

"However, the word "witch" came to be applied almost exclusively to women who were believed to achieve their power by making a blood pact with the Devil, sealed with their blood. They were usually old and ugly, and for this reason many unfortunate old ladies, whose only crimes were loneliness and a lack of beauty, went to the stake." — 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 106:

"Recently in Sydney we met a male witch who claimed that witchcraft was his full-time occupation." — 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 69:

"Several of the Leechbook recipes would have done credit to the witches in Macbeth." — 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 127:

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