verb
- to torment or harass persistently; to trouble or distress greatly
- to ride or visit (someone) as a nightmare or evil spirit; to haunt
Usage: archaic; literary
Usage: archaic; folklore
Examples
- The memory of his failure continued to hagride him for years.
- She felt hagridden by guilt and remorse.
- The old tales spoke of witches that would hagride sleeping villagers.
- His conscience hagrode him day and night.
- The hagridden man could find no peace in his dreams.