Noun (1)
although she looks like a hag, she's really the sweetest old lady you could ever hope to meet
falsely accused of being a hag who had caused the plague
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This is indicative of someone who puts men at the center of their universe, viewing other women as either competition or jealous hags.—Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2025 Several get small charts offering ideas to inspire how the monster could be used, such as what strange price a hag might have for its secrets or what an owlbear might keep in its den beyond treasure.—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 The film treats Ryder’s Beth as the evil hag witch who the virginal hard worker Nina has to beat to achieve her dreams, and Ryder plays that role with relish and gusto.—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024 Oh, and Jen is also there, dressed as the hag form of the Evil Queen from Snow White.—Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024 Goth did double duty in X, playing both Maxine, the adult-film director’s girlfriend and star, and homicidal hag Pearl.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024 Its narrator was Constance Garnett, the real-life translator of Russian classics, reimagined as a senile, spotlight-stealing hag.—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 The Furies of ancient Greece and Rome were also divine, a trio of miserable hags with snakes for hair.—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024 Disguising herself as an old hag, the queen poisons her with an apple, ...—Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 30 July 2023
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English hagge demon, old woman
Noun (2)
Scots, break in a moor, from Old Norse hǫgg cut, cleft; akin to Old English hēawan to hew
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