hag-ridden

adjective

1. worried or tormented, as by a witch.

verb (used with object), hag·rode or (Archaic) hag·rid; hag·rid·den or (Archaic) hag·rid; hag·rid·ing.

1. to afflict with worry, dread, need, or the like; torment.

adjective

1. tormented or worried, as if by a witch
2. facetious (of a man) harassed by women

n.

1680s, “afflicted by nightmares,” from hag (n.) + ridden. An old term for sleep paralysis, the sensation of being held immobile in bed, often by a heavy weight, and accompanied by a sense of alien presence. A holed stone hung over the bed was said to prevent it. Hag-ride as a verb is attested from 1660s.