hagridden

verb

past participle of hagride
as in alarmed
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy hagridden by the specter of a terrorist attack, residents of the city were on edge

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hagridden
  1. alarmed
  2. worried
  3. distracted
  4. bothered
  5. unsettled
  6. disturbed
  7. concerned
  8. agitated
Verb
  • The symptom that alarmed me most in that moment was the progressive skin wrinkling in some NCBRS teens.
    — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Those moves have alarmed Japan, whose economy is dependent for its survival on open sea lines and which recently has been embroiled in a spat with China over remarks that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made about Taiwan.
    — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of alarmed
Verb
  • At a True Texas Project meeting earlier this month, O’Hare was sounding the alarms, worried about the safety of his seat.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2026
  • When spreadsheets arrived in the 1980s, people worried accountants would become obsolete.
    — Mary Moreland, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of worried
Verb
  • And not be distracted by whether or not Ed Sheeran is crying today or crying tomorrow.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But she, and New York Times journalists observing the raid, were soon distracted by a group of cockroaches scurrying past an oil canister.
    — Zishaan a Latif, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of distracted
Verb
  • Still bothered by nagging arm and knee issues, Ohtani batted second behind Betts.
    — Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The rainy conditions also bothered the Cougars, as BYU had multiple low snaps and dropped passes and committed numerous false starts.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of bothered
Verb
  • The war unsettled the region, paved the way for the rise of ISIS, and triggered a cascade of violence that continues to this day.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
  • When police spoke to Miller’s friends and family, several individuals mentioned feeling odd or unsettled about Randolph and Miller’s interactions.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of unsettled
Verb
  • People, wildlife and domestic animals get valley fever when the soil in these burrows is disturbed, by a dog digging, a kick of the boot, a shovel, construction equipment, wind or wildfire.
    — Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Clean Regularly Spiders don’t like to be disturbed, so an unused area of your porch is likely to be attractive real estate.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of disturbed
Verb
  • His lack of experience in the realms of ballet, classical music, opera, and jazz, formerly the center’s mainstays, have concerned some onlookers.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, Kahn said his objection concerned what other creative work gets overlooked when an event can screen only a limited number of films.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of concerned
Verb
  • The poorer the air being inhaled by children in Hackney, the more regularly the dust was agitated and the thicker the storm and richer the color inside the box.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Oneida County Captain Tyler Young told the Journal Sentinel at the time that Taege approached Maulson and saw that he was agitated.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of agitated
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“Hagridden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hagridden. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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