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hagridden

American  
[hag-rid-n] / ˈhægˌrɪd n /

adjective

  1. worried or tormented, as by a witch.


Etymology

Origin of hagridden

First recorded in 1675–85; hag 1 + ridden

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More important, Truman was hagridden by a long, apparently stalemated Asian war.

From Time Magazine Archive

He called Franco Spain "practically a semioccupied country," pervaded by German influence over press and radio, hagridden by the Gestapo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tenor del Monaco sings so gustily that he conceals the fact his Grimaldo is the most hagridden hero in opera.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their frenzied, hagridden Elektra, daughter of the slain Agamemnon and instigator of the ghastly revenge that overtakes his killers, demanded a singer of enormous endurance.

From Time Magazine Archive

That Lyveden of all men in the world should make such a costly mistake showed that his nerves were hagridden.

From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates

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