Meanings
hex1
present singular third person hexes · participle present hexing · participle past hexed · past hexed
plural hexes
- An evil spell or curse.
Synonyms: jinx, malediction
- A witch.
Synonyms: enchantress, sorceress, wizardess
- rareA spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
Synonyms: enchantment, incantation, spell, cantrip, chantment, charm, conjuration, craft
hex2
- abbreviationclippinginformaluncountablecomputingClipping of hexadecimal.
- uncountablevideo game modding; chiefly Petz; video game modding; chiefly PetzA modified game file.
I don't even know how to put a hex in my game if a friend makes me something.
2013 August 5, nine lives, “How to add a hexed pet to my game”, in RKC Petz Forum, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2026
present singular third person hexes · participle present hexing · participle past hexed · past hexed
- video game modding; chiefly Petz; video game modding; chiefly PetzTo modify a game file using a hex editor.
Modding this was called “hexing” in the community. This was because you did it with a hex editor, reading through the numbers in the files to find the “ballz” and “linez” that made up the Petz and the variables that determined their size, position, and color.
2016 May 15, melissa mcewen, “Petz: A lost community of mostly women coders/gamers”, in Medium, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2026, retrieved 27 Jul 2026
hex3
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Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cast a spell on (specifically an evil spell), to bewitch.
nounAn evil spell or curse.
nounA witch.
nounA spell (now rare but still found in compounds such as hex sign and hexcraft).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
verbcast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
hex · verb, noun
- Germanhexen
- Pennsylvania Germanhexe“to practice witchcraft”
- Englishhex
First attested about 1830, from Pennsylvania German hexe (“to practice witchcraft”), from German hexen (compare Hexe (“witch”)). The noun appeared later, in the 1850s. Cognate to Norwegian Bokmål heks (“witch”) and Dutch heks (“witch”), Dutch beheksen (“to bewitch”), Old English hægtesse (“witch, hag”). Doublet of hag.
More words from Pennsylvania German, German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek καταράομαι, ἀρά
- καταράομαι (kataráomai)to put a hex on
- ἀρά (ará)an evil spell or curse
- κατάρα (katára)an evil spell or curse
Arabic نَحَسَ, ساحِرة
- نَحَسَ (naḥasa)to put a hex on
- ساحِرة (sāḥira)a witch
- مُشَعْوِذة (mušaʕwiḏa)a witch
Bulgarian омагьосвам, магия
- омагьосвам (omagjosvam)to put a hex on
- магия (magija)an evil spell or curse
- вещица (veštica)a witch
Czech zaklít, začarovat
- zaklítto put a hex on
- začarovatto put a hex on
- kletbaan evil spell or curse
Danish forbandelse, heks
- forbandelsean evil spell or curse
- heksa witch
Dutch beheksen, betoveren
- beheksento put a hex on
- betoverento put a hex on
- vloekan evil spell or curse
- betoveringan evil spell or curse
- beheksingan evil spell or curse
- heksa witch
Finnish kirota, loitsia
- kirotato put a hex on
- loitsiato put a hex on
- taikoato put a hex on
- taikaan evil spell or curse
- loitsuan evil spell or curse
- kirousan evil spell or curse
- noitaa witch
- heksashort for hexadecimal
French ensorceler, sortilège
- ensorcelerto put a hex on
- sortilègean evil spell or curse
- sortan evil spell or curse
- sorcièrea witch
German Fluch, Verhexung
- Fluchan evil spell or curse
- Verhexungan evil spell or curse
- Hexea witch
- Spruchrare: a spell
- Hexspruchrare: a spell
Greek δεκαεξαδικό
- δεκαεξαδικό (dekaexadikó)short for hexadecimal
Hungarian rontás
- rontásan evil spell or curse
Italian sortilegio, strega
- sortilegioan evil spell or curse
- stregaa witch
Latin exsecror, imprecor
- exsecrorto put a hex on
- imprecorto put a hex on
- dētestorto put a hex on
- exsēcrātiōan evil spell or curse
- imprecātiōan evil spell or curse
- veneficusa witch
- veneficaa witch
Norwegian heks
- heksa witch
Persian جادو کردن, جادو
- جادو کردن (jâdu kardan)to put a hex on
- جادو (jâdu)an evil spell or curse
Polish rzucać urok, rzucić urok
- rzucać urokto put a hex on
- rzucić urokto put a hex on
- urokan evil spell or curse
- klątwaan evil spell or curse
- przekleństwoan evil spell or curse
- wiedźmaa witch
- zaklęcierare: a spell
- heksashort for hexadecimal
Portuguese enfeitiçar
- enfeitiçarto put a hex on
Romanian blestem
- blesteman evil spell or curse
Russian зачаро́вывать, зачарова́ть
- зачаро́вывать (začaróvyvatʹ)to put a hex on
- зачарова́ть (začarovátʹ)to put a hex on
- чары (čary)an evil spell or curse
- магия (magija)an evil spell or curse
- проклятие (prokljatije)an evil spell or curse
- ведьма (vedʹma)a witch
- заклятие (zakljatije)rare: a spell
Spanish hechizar, aojar
- hechizarto put a hex on
- aojarto put a hex on
- maleficioan evil spell or curse
- brujaa witch
- sortilegiorare: a spell
Swedish häxa
- häxaa witch
Turkish büyü, kargış
- büyüan evil spell or curse
- kargışan evil spell or curse
- büyücüa witch
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hex
Cite this entry
hex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hex
“hex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hex. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hex.
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