The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
hagridden . . . by visions of an imminent heaven
or hell upon earth
--C. S. Lewis
Wiktionary
a. 1 tormented, harassed or worried 2 overburdened by fear or dread
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "hagridden".
Anshebbeth had clutched desperately at her hands, her face skull-like, sleepless, and her hagridden eyes huge, begging the Hawk not to tell anyone.
Sometimes I get so used to being hagridden that the hag steps down and I miss her.
He moved quickly through the limbic system of the humiliated, hagridden brain, turning off pain circuits and putting up a temporary mitigating structure that would help.