Devil-ridden
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Devil-ridden is an adjective meaning Plagued or dominated by the devil or devils.
Meaning
Plagued or dominated by the devil or devils.
More Meanings
- Possessed by a devil or devils.
- (figurative) Suffering from mental anguish.
- (figurative) Wild, crazed.
Example Sentences
[…] he plunges into the struggles of the multitude below, and frees the devil-ridden boy from the demon that possessed him.
"We are devil-ridden, Mr. Holmes! My poor parish is devil-ridden!" he cried. "Satan himself is loose in it! We are given over into his hands!"
1938, R. Thurston Hopkins, “The Tower of the Forty Companions” in Ghosts and Goblins, London: The World’s Work,[1938], p. 88, This, of course, was merely the semi-delirious notions of a man devil ridden by fever and nerves […]
The faithful Zoroastrian has never had anything to do with Ahriman but to fight him and destroy his creation. It was a veritable emancipation for devil-ridden souls, ever cringing with fear before powers of darkness possessing vague but intensely real capacity for mischief.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bedemoned, devilish, devilsome, satanic, sin-ridden, diabolic.
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