hag·ride
(hăg′rīd′)tr.v. hag·rode (-rōd′),
hag·rid·den (-rĭd′n),
hag·rid·ing,
hag·rides To torment or harass, especially with worry or dread: "a man hagridden by the future—haunted by visions of an imminent heaven or hell upon earth" (C.S. Lewis).
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hagride
(ˈhæɡˌraɪd) vb (
tr)
to worry or distress (a person)to cause (a person) to be afflicted by nightmares
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hag•ride
(ˈhægˌraɪd)
v.t. -rode, -rid•den, -rid•ing. to afflict with worry, dread, or the like; torment; bedevil.
[1655–65]
hag′rid`er, n.
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