| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears.[Wordnet]
2. Ridden by a hag or witch; hence, afflicted with nightmare.[Websters] 3. Being obsessional. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being melancholy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being low. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being downcast or depressed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb hag-riddenly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hag-riddenly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hag-ridden.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
Date "HAG-RIDDEN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1866. (references) |
