hag
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles.
Pronunciation
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hagIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈhæɡ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
A marshy hollow, especially an area of peat lying lower than surrounding moorland, formed by erosion of a gully or cutting and often having steep edges.
A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a female wizard.
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.
verb
To cut or erode (as) a hag (a hollow into moorland).
transitive
To harass; to weary with vexation.
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This meaning: Eellike cyclostome having a tongue with horny teeth in a round mouth surrounded by eight tentacles; feeds on dead or trapped fishes by boring into their bodies
Used this way, hag is a reasonably familiar word with a faintly unfavourable edge. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Slightly negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Critical or judgemental
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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