Another word for hag
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Noun
An ugly, frightening old woman
- The gait of a horse or other four-footed animal, between a walk and a canter in speed, in which diagonal pairs of legs move forward together.
- A ride on a horse moving with this gait.
- A gait of a person, faster than a walk; a jog.
- A hen; a fowl.
- A person, especially a woman, claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
- A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
- An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.
- An old woman considered to be ugly; a hag.
- A woman who is venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.
- An old woman, especially one who is considered ugly.
See also:A woman who practices magic
- A person, especially a woman, claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
- A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
- An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.
- A woman who practices sorcery.
- A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.
- A female vampire.
- A woman of great charm or fascination.
- A woman who practices magic; a sorceress.
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Another word for hag
Noun
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- A heavy broad-headed ax formerly used as a weapon.
- A woman considered to be overbearing.
- A body form of certain cnidarians such as jellyfish, consisting of a dome-shaped structure with a mouth underneath surrounded by tentacles, and in most species constituting the free-swimming sexual stage of the organism.
- The wife of Socrates, traditionally described as shrewish and scolding.
- A woman regarded as critical and scolding.
- Any of the three sisters Stheno, Euryale, and the mortal Medusa who had snakes for hair and eyes that if looked into turned the beholder into stone.
- A woman regarded as ugly or terrifying.
- A woman who sells fish.
- A woman regarded as coarse and shrewishly abusive.
- The mother of one's father or mother.
- A female ancestor.
- A woman regarded as bad-tempered and evil.
- A woman who practices sorcery; a witch.
- A person who torments others.
- A female giant or monster in legends and fairy tales that eats humans.
- A woman who is considered cruel or ugly.
- Any of various small, chiefly insectivorous mammals of the family Soricidae, resembling a mouse but having a long pointed snout and small eyes and ears.
- A woman regarded as an ill-tempered scold or nag.
- A female fox.
- A woman regarded as quarrelsome or ill-tempered.
- A woman regarded as noisy, scolding, or domineering.
- A large, strong, courageous woman.
- A person, especially a woman, claiming or popularly believed to possess magical powers and practice sorcery.
- A believer or follower of Wicca; a Wiccan.
- An old woman considered to be ugly or frightening.
- An old woman considered to be ugly; a hag.
- A woman who is venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom.
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