Gaslight Definition

găslīt
gaslights
noun
The light produced by burning illuminating gas.
Webster's New World
A gas jet or burner.
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adjective
Of or suggesting the period when gaslight was used for lighting.
Gaslight melodrama.
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verb

(slang) To manipulate someone psychologically such that they question their own sanity.

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Origin of Gaslight

  • gas +‎ light. The verb sense derives from the 1938 stage play Gas Light, in which a husband attempts to convince his wife and others that she is insane by manipulating small elements of their environment.

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Gaslight Sentence Examples

  • Patty and Adam gaslight Ashley, making her believe that Sabrina's ghost is haunting her.

  • Ile-Rein is an interesting world, part Victorian gaslight, part torchlit Middle Earth.

  • Raitt's big break came during a show at New York's Gaslight Alley.

  • The Gaslight and Coke Company's works at Beckton are in the parish, and also extensive rubber works.

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