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[ bed-rid-n ] / ˈbɛdˌrɪd n / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bedridden ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveconfined to bed because of illness, injury, etc. Origin of bedridden1300–50; Middle English, variant (by confusion with past participle of ride) of bedrid Words nearby bedriddenbedraggle, bedraggled, bedrail, bed rest, bedrid, bedridden, bedrock, bedroll, bedroom, bedroom slipper, Beds Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bedriddenThere was a war and Matthew (Dan Stevens) was bedridden until he got up and walked. ‘Borgen,’ ‘Girls,’ ‘Parenthood,’ ‘Mad Men’ & More: Ten Best TV Shows of 2012|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|December 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST Bedridden Child Rather spent about three years of his childhood bedridden with rheumatic fever. 10 Revelations from ‘Rather Outspoken’ Autobiography|Ben Jacobs|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST As Rather puts it, “bedridden seriously, as in using a bed pan.” 10 Revelations from ‘Rather Outspoken’ Autobiography|Ben Jacobs|April 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST The bedridden blues icon is too sick to speak up as her son and husband battle over her estate in court. The War Over Etta James' Fortune|Christine Pelisek|March 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
That bedridden old lady there had a stalwart son, who was now the owner of the Helpholme pastures. The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne|Anthony Trollope His little, old, bedridden grandmother had lived until he was twelve. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922|Lucy Maud Montgomery After his return he was bedridden for four or five months, most of which he passed at his sister's house in Birmingham. Washington Irving|Henry W. Boynton But in old age it gained on him; he was bedridden and had only weakening torments to face. Roads from Rome|Anne C. E. Allinson One was old, another was exceedingly corpulent, a third was bedridden,—none of them was known to keep a great dog. My Novel, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for bedridden
adjectiveconfined to bed because of illness, esp for a long or indefinite period Word Origin for bedriddenOld English bedreda, from bedd bed + -rida rider, from rīdan to ride Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bedriddendisabled, ill, infirm, ailing, incapacitated, invalid, prostrate, laid up, flat on one's back Medical definitions for bedridden
adj.Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |