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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears;
- Example: "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis
[syn: hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

hag-ridden \hag"-rid`den\, hagridden \hag"rid`den\(h[a^]g"r[i^]d`d'n), a. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmares; tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears. --Beattie. --Cheyne. Syn: tormented. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] hagridden . . . by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth --C. S. Lewis
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hag-ridden adj 1: tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis [syn: hag-ridden, hagridden, tormented]