crone

as in hag
a mean or ugly old woman a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself

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Recent Examples of crone From its use of camera angles and extreme close-ups to frame Sue's hypersexual appeal to the heinous prosthetics that transform Moore into a monstrous crone, writer-director Coralie Fargeat wants to hammer home the ugliness, objectification, and self-loathing perpetuated by female beauty standards. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024 The Witches concerns a conspiracy of demonic crones bent on eradicating kids altogether. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024 Campbell begins like a fairy tale, in a house the crone Baba Yaga could have comfortably resided in. Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024 It’s even carved with mother/maiden/crone moon phases, perfect for keeping crystals nearby. Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for crone

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“Crone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crone. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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