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Hagridden

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tormented by witches, demons, or evil spirits.

    "Two months afterwards he was reported fit for duty, but, in spite of the fact that he was urgently needed to help an undermanned Commission stagger through a deficit, he preferred to die; vowing at the last that he was hag-ridden."

  2. 2
    Tormented, harassed or worried.

    "So Sir Walter Scott, hag-ridden by debt, if he finished a novel in the morning began another in the afternoon, because, as he explained, it was less difficult to keep the machine running than to start it again after a rest."

  3. 3
    Overburdened by fear or dread.

    "a man hagridden by the future, haunted by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"

Adjective
  1. 1
    tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears wordnet

Etymology

From hag + ridden.

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