hag-ridden
- s tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears
- In Britain, which has been perhaps more hag-ridden by fear of war than any other nation, the spread of this prayer unites Anglicans and Nonconformists as they have not been united .
- The cereal and meat business is already hag-ridden by Government interference and agricultural cooperation.
- Yet in many ways they are markedly saner, more unselfish, less hag-ridden than their elders.