demon-ridden
- adjective
- /ˈdiːmənˌrɪdən/
- Literature
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poseído
- He felt demon-ridden after the traumatic event.
Examples
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Some believed the old mansion was demon-ridden, explaining its long history of strange happenings.
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His nightmares left him looking demon-ridden and exhausted every morning.
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The novel explores the demon-ridden fears of a superstitious village.
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The demon-ridden house frightened everyone who entered.
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After years of struggle, she felt as if her mind was demon-ridden by anxiety and doubt.
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His demon-ridden thoughts haunted him at night, preventing him from finding peace.
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The old house was said to be demon-ridden, causing many families to flee in terror.
Synonyms
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6.1
Showing a powerful, often frightening energy that drives someone to act
Filled with evil spirits that control or trouble people
Controlled by an evil spirit
Very cruel or wild, as if controlled by an evil spirit
Being related to an evil spirit or showing its control
Feeling very strong pain in the mind or body
Suffering bad luck and likely to have more trouble
Antonyms
How Possessed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Demon-ridden comes from demon, an old Greek word for a 'spirit', and ridden, the past form of ride, which gives the image of something being 'ridden' or controlled by another. So something called demon-ridden is like it is controlled or haunted by evil spirits, and you can remember it like other words such as guilt-ridden or fear-ridden that mean 'full of' or 'deeply affected by' something.