hagridden

English

Alternative forms

• hag-ridden

Etymology

From hag +‎ ridden.

Adjective

hagridden (comparative more hagridden, superlative most hagridden)

1. Tormented, harassed or worried.
   • 1906 March, Bradford Torrey, “Anatole France”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Overburdened by fear or dread.
   • 1942, C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters:

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

Related terms

• hagride

Anagrams

• ridgehand