ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hag.

/ˈhæɡ/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.
(derogatory) An ugly old woman.
(derogatory) An evil woman.
(US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A woman.
A fury; a she-monster.
A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.
A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.
(obsolete) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a person's hair.

Example Sentences

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.

The elder women were literally "old hags" - lean and shrivelled, and excessively ugly.

I don't plan to stop drinking. But... I don't wanna forget. I can't turn away anymore. So, if I'm gonna die, well, it might as well be driving my sword through the heart of that murderous hag.

Fourth of the cursed knot of hags is she / Or rather all the other three in one; / Hell's shop of slaughter she does oversee, / And still assist the execution

Flamma lambentes (or those we call Haggs) are made of Sweat or some other Vapour issuing out of the Head; a not-unusuall sight amongst us when we ride by night in the Summer time: They are extinguisht, like flames, by shaking the Horse Mains

This said, he led me over hoults and hags; / Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew

And they likewise ordained […] that all the warp should be thrown into the Common wayes, to fill up haggs and lakes, where need was, upon a great penalty, where it should ly neer the Common rode.

Word Forms

hags
hagging
hagged

Synonyms for hag.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does hag. mean?

Hag. means A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard..

What is a synonym for hag.?

Common synonyms include magician, ugly woman, borer, hagfish.

What is the opposite of hag.?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use hag. in a sentence?

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

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Definitions by Sense

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

(derogatory) An ugly old woman.

(derogatory) An evil woman.

(US, slang, sometimes derogatory) A woman.

A fury; a she-monster.

A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings.

A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus.

(obsolete) An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a person's hair.

Example Sentences

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.

The elder women were literally "old hags" - lean and shrivelled, and excessively ugly.

I don't plan to stop drinking. But... I don't wanna forget. I can't turn away anymore. So, if I'm gonna die, well, it might as well be driving my sword through the heart of that murderous hag.

Fourth of the cursed knot of hags is she / Or rather all the other three in one; / Hell's shop of slaughter she does oversee, / And still assist the execution

Flamma lambentes (or those we call Haggs) are made of Sweat or some other Vapour issuing out of the Head; a not-unusuall sight amongst us when we ride by night in the Summer time: They are extinguisht, like flames, by shaking the Horse Mains

This said, he led me over hoults and hags; / Through thorns and bushes scant my legs I drew

And they likewise ordained […] that all the warp should be thrown into the Common wayes, to fill up haggs and lakes, where need was, upon a great penalty, where it should ly neer the Common rode.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does hag. mean?

Hag. means A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard..

What is a synonym for hag.?

Common synonyms include magician, ugly woman, borer, hagfish.

What is the opposite of hag.?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use hag. in a sentence?

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

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.