Witch

Noun

 * 1) (usually female) Imagined to have special powers derived from the devil.
 * 2) A female sorcerer or magician.
 * 3) A woman who is learned in and actively practices witchcraft.
 * 4)  An ugly, evil-looking or unpleasant woman.
 * 5)  A man who practises witchcraft.
 * 6) An Atlantic flatfish, Glyptocephalus cynoglossus; Torbay sole.

Verb

 * 1) To bewitch
 * 2) To dowse for water
 * 3) hex, glamour, enchant
 * 4) jinx, cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something
 * 5)  To practise witchcraft

Adjectives for Witch
soul-killing; potent; wrinkled; foul; reputed; wicked; soul-killing; potent; wrinkled; foul; reputed, famed; notable; unrepentant; adorable; sexy; flying; satanic.

Thesaurus
she-devil, she-wolf, shrew, sight, siren, sorceress, spell, spellbind, spitfire, teratism, termagant, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, transport, trot, ugly customer, ugly duckling, vamp, violent, virago, vixen, voodoo, war-horse, wild beast, wildcat, witchwife, witchwoman, wolf, Jezebel, bedevil, beguile, beldam, berserk, berserker, bewitch, biddy, bitch, bitch-kitty, blemish, blot, bomber, brute, captivate, carry away, cast a spell, cat, charm, common scold, coven, crone, dame, demon, demonize, devil, diabolize, dog, dowager, drab, dragon, enchant, enchantress, enrapture, enravish, enthrall, entrance, eyesore, fascinate, fiend, fire-eater, firebrand, fishwife, fright, frump, fury, gargoyle, goon, grimalkin, gunsel, hag, hardnose, harridan, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhag, hellhound, hellion, hex, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hoodoo, hothead, hotspur, hypnotize, incendiary, infatuate, intrigue, jinx, killer, lamia, mad dog, madcap, mesmerize, mess, monster, monstrosity, mugger, no beauty, obsess, old battle-ax, old dame, old girl, old granny, old lady, old trot, old wife, old woman, overlook, possess, rapist, revolutionary, savage, scarecrow, scold, shamaness,

Pronunciation

 * , wich, wych
 * , wich, wych
 * , wich, wych
 * , wich, wych

Etymology 1
ƿicce: and wicca:, from (compare  wikke: 'witch', Low German wikken:, wicken: 'to use witchcraft',  wihan:,  wigle: 'divination'), from  'to choose, sacrifice, conjure'; akin to  victima: 'sacrificial victim',  viekas 'life-force',  vinákti 'to sift, separate out'.

Derived terms

 * bewitch
 * cold as a witch's tit
 * man-witch
 * nonwitch
 * witch ball
 * witchcraft
 * witch doctor
 * witches' brew


 * witches' knickers
 * witches' Sabbath
 * witchfinder
 * witch grass
 * witch hazel
 * witch-hunt
 * witching hour
 * witchy

Noun

 * Afrikaans: heks
 * Albanian: shtrigë, magjistare
 * Ancient Greek: φαρμακίς (pharmakis)
 * Arabic: ساحرة
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: bruxa
 * Azeri: ifritə
 * Basque: sorgin; belagile
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Breton: sorserez
 * Catalan: bruixa
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  女巫
 * Corse: strega, sdreia, maga, moca
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: გრძნეული, ჯადოქარი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: sòsyè
 * Hebrew: מכשפה
 * Hungarian: boszorka, boszorkány
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: мыстан
 * Korean: (巫堂)
 * Latin:, venefica, fascinans, fascinatrix


 * Latvian: ragana
 * Lithuanian: ragana
 * Lower Sorbian: chódota
 * Macedonian: вештерка
 * Maltese: sahhara
 * Manx: ben obbee, buitçh, caillagh
 * Norwegian:, heksa
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Old English:, ,
 * Polish:, wiedźma
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: vrăjitoare, vrăjitor
 * Romansh: stria, streia
 * Russian:, ,  ,  чародейка
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ban-draoidh, buidseach , bana-bhuidseach
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: вештица, вештац
 * Roman: veštica, veštac
 * Slovak: čarodejnica, striga , bosorka
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian: kashshaptu
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: häxa, trollpacka, trollkvinna , trollkarl
 * Taos: còhəo’óna
 * Telugu: మంత్రగత్తె (maMtragatte)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: відьма (víd’ma)
 * Upper Sorbian: chodojta, kuzłarnča
 * Volapük: magivan,  himagivan,  jimagivan
 * Welsh: dewines, gwrach
 * West Frisian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, harpie
 * German:
 * Japanese: 鬼女


 * Macedonian: вештерка
 * Polish: wiedźma
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: