tS=When he returned from the war, his beautiful young bride had become a tense, <b>hagridden</b> woman.<br><br>As the critic Dwight Macdonald observed 40 years ago in a memorable essay, we are so "<b>hagridden</b> by facts" that we frequently miss or distort their point.&tQ=<b>Hagridden</b> means:&tC=Carping|Prematurely aged|Tormented|Sloppy|Remote&cC=3&fB=<b>Hagridden</b> means worried or tormented as if by witches; harassed. <b>Hagridden</b> is pronounced HAHG-rihd-un.
