Meaning

3 senses
  1. Tormented by witches, demons, or evil spirits.

  2. Tormented, harassed or worried.

    tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears

  3. Overburdened by fear or dread.

Origin

From hag + ridden.

From hag + ridden.

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Forms

more hagridden, most hagridden
Comparativemore hagridden Lesson
Superlativemost hagridden Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears:hag-riddentormented

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhagride

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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