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witch
witch /ˈwɪtʃ/ noun
plural witches
witch
/ˈwɪtʃ/
noun
plural witches
Learner's definition of WITCH
[count]
1 
: a woman who is thought to have magic powers女巫；巫婆
2 
: a person who practices magic as part of a religion (such as Wicca)巫师
3 
informal : a very unpleasant woman令人讨厌的女人

— witchy

/ˈwɪtʃi/ adjective witchier; witchiest
BNC: 6162 COCA: 5294

See also: witch

witch

1 of 2

noun

ˈwich How to pronounce witch (audio)
plural witches
1
in fiction and folk traditions
a
: a person (especially a woman) who is credited with having usually malignant supernatural powers
The modern visual image of the "folklore" witch, made popular by the film representation of the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939), is an old hag with a hooked nose and a mole, wearing a pointed hat and flowing robes, and flying on a broomstick. Donald Haase
Once upon a time the horror story was content to deal with things that go shriek in the night, with mad scientists, leering zombies, monsters, ghosts, witches, vampires and damsels in distress. Eliot Fremont-Smith
Fairy tale witches (not to be confused with our chic Wicca sisters) are rude, with a tendency to cackle at the misfortunes of others. The New York Times Book Review
… many Russian fairy tales tell of Baba Yaga, an old witch who flies around in a pestle and mortar and lives in a house that walks around on chicken legs. Molly Barker
b
: a woman who is believed to practice usually black (see black entry 1 sense 7) magic often with the aid of a devil or familiar : sorceress

Note: This meaning of witch is commonly encountered in contexts relating to historical Christian religious beliefs about witches and witchcraft.

Belief in the Devil was very strong in the medieval Church and witchcraft was regarded as heresy. Suspected witches were subjected to the Inquisition. Eileen Rennison
My interest centers on the religious reasons for the persecution of women as witches in early America. Elizabeth Reis
But a common charge against [17th-century] English witches, though much less often raised against their Continental counterparts, was that they kept 'familiars'—imps or demons in the form usually of small animals such as dogs, cats and toads … Geoffrey Scarre
compare warlock
2
or less commonly Witch : a practitioner of witchcraft (see witchcraft sense 3) especially in adherence with a neo-pagan tradition or religion (such as Wicca)
While modern witches do believe in the ability to harness the forces of nature, Wicca has nothing to do with Satan, or evil spells. Larry Potash
Being a witch … in the world today can entail anything from being a practitioner of Wicca, a religion founded in the 20th century, to practicing any number of neo-pagan traditions. Not all self-identified witches are Wiccan, and not all Pagans would describe themselves as witches. Antonia Blumberg
It has nothing to do with satanism, warts or hexes. I know, because I am a Wiccan priestess—a real Witch, not the fairy-tale stereotype. Sue McCaskill
It [The World of Witches Museum] is in fact a celebration of Witches, Wiccans and Pagans. PRWeb.com
3
: a mean or ugly old woman : hag, crone
"You old witch," she sputtered. "You always hated me, you did …" Katherine Stanley
She has a wrinkled-up and wizened personage—she must have been eighty—and as she mumbled the grim story through her toothless gums, she seemed a very old witch to them. Upton Sinclair
4
: a charming or alluring girl or woman
[Sharon] Stone makes a captivating California witch who ranges exquisitely from tragic temptress to (possibly) manipulative murderess. Mark Goodman
5
: witch of agnesi
witchlike
ˈwich-ˌlīk How to pronounce witch (audio)
adjective
witchy
ˈwi-chē How to pronounce witch (audio)
adjective

witch

2 of 2

verb

witched; witching; witches

transitive verb

1
: to affect injuriously with witchcraft
2
archaic : to influence or beguile with allure or charm

intransitive verb

: dowse

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun an herbalist and self-proclaimed witch Her mother-in-law is a bitter old witch. Verb the woman did witch me with her gentle smile
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Legend has it that about one hundred years ago, a witch preyed on the residents of Liverpool Township, and the ghost of a teenage boy is said to haunt the men’s restroom at Plum Creek Park in Brunswick Hills. Sam Boyer, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2022 Alex, a young boy who loves scary stories, gets trapped in the apartment of evil witch, Natacha (Krysten Ritter), and must tell a scary story each night in order to survive. Jennifer Aldrich And Blair Donovan, Country Living, 16 Aug. 2022 L’Heureux, proud to call herself a witch — magic, spells and all — said Hollywood, the media, have given witches a negative connotation. Pam Mcloughlin, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2022 The panelists also noted that some sources say that Catherine was the inspiration for the evil witch in Snow White. Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2022 The whole idea of Puritanism, and the intolerance of the Puritans, which really added to the witch mania, was in my mind in terms of what's happening today. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2020 Girls are monitored for signs of magical expression in high school, beginning at age 14, given quizzes to determine their likelihood of being a witch. Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 Though the women who ended up on the ducking stool risked being accused of witchcraft, the punishment—contrary to popular misconception—wasn’t used to determine whether someone was a witch. Katie Dancey-downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022 Samantha, the show’s protagonist who was played by Elizabeth Montgomery, is a witch living an otherwise innocuous life as a suburban housewife. Zoe Sottile, CNN, 8 June 2022
Verb
Punch holes in claim-check tags, and attach them to witch hat brims using safety pins. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2022 Indeed, this 2016 intimate-scale opera is set during the McCarthy era witch hunts when gays in government were being hunted down. Bill Hirschman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2022 This breakdown can also lead to witch hunts in which legitimate players are accused of cheating because players don't trust that the system is fair. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 24 Mar. 2022 The Delta Dental Pro-Am gives fans the opportunity to see pros up close playing the course, witch each pro matched up with four amateur golfers in a relaxed, intimate atmosphere. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2022 There's little, if any, historical evidence directly linking real brewsters to witch trials. Tara Nurin, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 In creating a mist, APTO's Turmeric Mist was formulated using natural raw ingredients such as turmeric and witch Hazel in order to create a multi-purpose mist that's anti-inflammatory, reduces redness, prevents dryness, and refreshes skin. Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021 For the next three centuries, witch hunts and executions -- including the Salem trials of 1692 -- would sweep both the Old and New Worlds. CNN, 31 Oct. 2021 Mackay saw crowd dynamics as central to phenomena as disparate as the South Sea Bubble, the Crusades, witch hunts, and alchemy. Zoë Heller, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English wicche, from Old English wicca, masculine, wizard & wicce, feminine, witch; akin to Middle High German wicken to bewitch, Old English wigle divination, and perhaps to Old High German wīh holy — more at victim

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of witch was before the 12th century

Phrases Containing witch
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