gas-lit
Lit by burning fuel
Gas-lit describes something illuminated by gaslight—the flame produced by burning gas, common before electric lighting: gas-lit streets, a gas-lit Victorian parlor.
The hyphenated form emphasizes the literal sense of illumination.
The unhyphenated gaslighted and gaslit now more commonly refer to psychological manipulation, from the 1944 film *Gaslight*.
Electric light fixture
- flameBurning gas made visible
- VictorianOf a prim era
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- streetPublic urban roadway
lantern · mantle · glow · flicker · historic · antique · vintage · era
Of the mind
- distortionTwisting from original state
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- invalidationAct of nullifying
- confusionMental disorientation or bewilderment
doubt · reality · perception · crazy-making · lies · deception · undermining · twisting
One harmed by another
- survivorOne still alive after
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- domesticOf the home
- coerciveUsing pressure to compel
emotional · psychological · narcissist · toxic · relationship · partner · recovery · healing
lamp
Electric light fixture
street · lantern · mantle · glow · flicker · historic · antique · vintage · era · ambiance
psychological
Of the mind
- distortionTwisting from original state
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- invalidationAct of nullifying
confusion · doubt · reality · perception · crazy-making · lies · deception · undermining · twisting · blame-shifting
victim
One harmed by another
coercive · emotional · psychological · narcissist · toxic · relationship · partner · recovery · healing · therapy
gas-litmodern
Of recent times
contemporary · high-tech · futuristic · 21st-century · state-of-the-art