1.
[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):
hagridden
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]