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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

Example Sentences

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But Yeats was to discover that for him her mind, hagridden with fanatic factionalism, was as unlovable as a dog fight.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The U.S.," he told the conferees, is "hagridden by fears: fear of war and unemployment, and fear of peace."

From Time Magazine Archive

Moreover, O'Dwyer was hagridden with a $52 million transit operating deficit.

From Time Magazine Archive

There the cameras are literally tilted, and with shrewdly-angled photography emphasize the skidding career of the hagridden, one-eyed, epileptic physician she finds.

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 Yates, Dornford

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