hagride

verb

ˈhag-ˌrīd How to pronounce hagride (audio)
Definition of hagridenext
as in to bother
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 hagride
  1. bother
  2. disturb
  3. worry
  4. alarm
  5. distract
  6. concern
  7. anger
  8. distress
Verb
  • The company started to bring on editors who seemed less bothered by the PFC model.
    Liz Pelly, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • She was not bothered by the 50-degree morning in Pasadena — which, to many of the Southern Californians in attendance, qualified as chilly.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of bother
Verb
  • The outpour of support for Mangione, including the online thirst traps of the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, has disturbed most people.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Every night the lamb would cry, and be told to hush, for its bleats disturbed their sleep.
    Karen Zautyk, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of disturb
Verb
  • Alito has been highly vocal that Congress cannot enact this type of oversight on the courts, and some Republicans who have sided with his viewpoint also worry about the separation of powers.
    Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
  • The revival, certainly the most original of the five that have made it to Broadway, offers traditionalists much to worry on.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of worry
Verb
  • The agency said that while there is no cause to be alarmed by news of the polar vortex, people should be prepared for colder temperatures.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
  • By Jason Gale | Bloomberg As Covid swept across California in early 2020, pediatric infectious diseases physician Karin Nielsen grew alarmed by the crisis erupting in maternity wards.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of alarm
Verb
  • While performing in Melbourne, Australia as part of the band's Music of the Spheres World Tour in November, Martin seemingly got distracted by a group of screaming fans and stepped backwards into an open trapdoor.
    Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In the early 1800s, as Manhattan’s streets were being laid out, a number of the planners were distracted by a different job: connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
    The Upshot Staff, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of distract
Verb
  • And yet as far as the public was concerned, the company had gone to great lengths to keep the initiative under wraps.
    Liz Pelly, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • While some Democrats are confident the party will come together again after a disappointing election, others are concerned few lessons have been learned.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of concern
Verb
  • Although many have already announced their support, others are weighing the risk of angering the president against the considerable risk that Mr. Kennedy could make America sick again.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But there would be uproar at such an increase, with supporters already angered over Ratcliffe’s decision to unilaterally hike seats not yet sold this season to a flat rate of £66, with no concessions for over-65s or under-16s.
    Adam Crafton, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of anger
Verb
  • Muir then aged and distressed his fit to reflect centuries of decay.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The platform’s clients include executives from investment banks, distressed debt advisors, private equity, credit fund managers and law firms.
    Robert Olsen, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of distress
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