molestedadj.

1580 A. Saker Narbonus i. 107 Such is the furious force of hote loue, such the motions of that molested mind, whose lust is vpon liking, & whose liking hath gained the thing desired.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 2 Throughe the iniuryes of this most disturbede and molestede time, there are some of the Plates lost.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. i. 104/1 When fond imaginarie dreames doe raigne In formelesse formes, in mans molested braine.

1682 M. Coppinger Poems 43 With that I shrunk, and sudain terror prest My melting Heart in my molested Breast.

1707 S. Cobb Poems 66 Revolving this in her molested Mind, Th'unquiet Daughter could no Comfort find.

1808 E. S. Barrett Miss-led General xii. 144 Some loss of men must necessarily have been sustained in consequence of a harassed retreat, and a molested embarkation.

1897 Argosy Nov. 568 Out came the blind old custodian, shuffling down in consternation, more agitated than a molested owl.

1937 E. P. Schmidt Industr. Rel. Urban Transportation xiii. 213 If..a union does wrest part of the rent, profits, returns to management, or capital from the other agents, the latter will tend to withdraw to less molested fields.

1972 Official Rep. Deb. (Council of Europe Consultative Assembly, 23rd Ordinary Sess.) III. i. 631/2 So we..witness the tragedy of a community in the North of Ireland that feels molested and harassed and is in a state of desperate despair.

1990 P. Sotos in A. Parfrey Apocalypse Culture (rev. ed.) 57 Their tears and wails and pain over molested children.

2006 Russian Rev. Apr. 264 Jane's horrible past as an abused and molested child.