gaslight

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɡæslaɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɡæsˌlaɪt/

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• Hyphenation: gas‧light

Verb

Plain form gaslight

Third-person singular gaslights

Past tense gaslighted

Past participle gaslighted

Present participle gaslighting

Plain form gaslight

Third-person singular gaslights

Past tense gaslit

Past participle gaslit

Present participle gaslighting

1. (transitive) If you gaslight someone, you try to make them doubt their own reality.

   Her mother gaslighted her daughter out of narcissistic impulses.