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hag +‎ ridden

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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.

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