gaslit

[gas-lit]

adjective

1. having illumination provided by burning gas.

   gaslit streets.

2. of or resembling a time, especially the 1890s, when gaslight was widely used.

   the gaslit era.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gaslit¹

First recorded in 1830–40; gas + lit ¹

Example Sentences

Like everyone in “Keeper,” Liz is not especially well-drawn, but Maslany is so restrained and controlled that she elevates the vague character into a symbol of every woman who’s been gaslit by a partner who swears everything is fine.

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“We were just left to burn … and it’s so galling to have to continue to be gaslit by the county and L.A. County Fire,” said Dawson Beer, who is with a community group called Altadena for Accountability that has demanded a full investigation by the state attorney general.

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After years of being made to feel dramatic and "constantly gaslit", Elen said the diagnosis was something she "really needed".

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They’re saying: I refuse to be gaslit today.

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“Even the way that scene is crafted you realize everyone in the room is kind of being gaslit by each other, everyone’s sort of crafting this false narrative around Amanda and she’s trying to figure it out as it’s going. It’s such a nuanced scene and she carried it.”

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