Hag-ridden

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hagridden
       adj : 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}, {tormented}]