gaslight

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A lamp which operates by burning piped illuminating gas (or town gas).

   “He was renovated and refreshed, his soul was strengthened, and his countenance waxed cheerful, and he began to feel like himself again, under the brown canopy of metropolitan smoke, and among the cabs and gaslights.”

2. isim The light produced by the burning gas in such a lamp.

   “A year since I strained my eyes very severely, and have never dared to use them much since by gaslight.”

3. fiil To manipulate someone such that they doubt their own memory, perceptions of reality, or sanity, typically for malevolent reasons.

   “Sylvia is a beautiful woman whose business-partner husband is "gaslighting" her. (That means he's trying to drive her crazy.)”

4. fiil To deceive, trick, or lie to.