gaslit

English

Etymology

From gas +‎ lit.

Adjective

gaslit (not comparable)

1. Illuminated by burning gas.

   The gaslit streets of Victorian London felt much safer than the dark alleyways to either side.

   the gaslit era

   • 1880, Ouida, Moths, a Novel, volume 2, London: Chatto & Windus, pages 322–323:

     […] I have too few hours alone with Beethoven and Mozart, and too many with the gaslit crowds before me.

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2. (figurative) Manipulated.
   • 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi‎^[1], Hachette, →ISBN:

     “I need to chill?” I said, feeling gaslit.

Alternative forms

• gas-lit

Synonyms

• gaslighted

Verb

gaslit

1. simple past and past participle of gaslight

Anagrams

• algist