hag-ridden

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hag-ridden - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

hag-ridden - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hag-ridden
      adj 1: 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,
             hagridden, tormented]