devil-ridden adjective4 •Plagued or dominated by the devil or devils."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!" — 1910 •Possessed by a devil or devils.[…] he plunges into the struggles of the multitude below, and frees the devil-ridden boy from the demon that possessed him. — 1896 •(figurative) Suffering from mental anguish.I am still plaguy lame, a very limpet, but not so devil-ridden as I was. I think that came of that infernal furnace-heat we were in, the last few days of Italy […] — 1878 •(figurative) Wild, crazed. formsmore devil-ridden · most devil-ridden