Hagridden (Adjective)
Meaning
Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears; "hagridden...by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth"- C.S.Lewis.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The soldier's life was hagridden by memories of the horrors he witnessed during the war.
- Charlotte Brontë's Madame Fairfax was a character hagridden by fears of poverty and isolation.
- She felt hagridden by the voice in her head, warning her of impending doom.
- The captain's otherwise stoic demeanor was hagridden by supernatural visions at sea.
- In his later years, Charles Dickens was hagridden by the fear that his writing was losing relevance.