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bed-ridden

bed-ridden is the alternative spelling of bedridden.

Meaning of bedridden

Adjective

bedridden (not comparable)

  1. Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.
    • the estate of a bedridden old gentleman1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and...
    Synonyms:
    bedfast, bedbound

Forms of bed-ridden

comparativemore bed-ridden
superlativemost bed-ridden

Questions about bed-ridden

What is bed-ridden the alternative spelling of?
Bed-ridden is the alternative spelling of bedridden.

Words near bed-ridden in the dictionary

  1. bed-jackets
  2. bed-key
  3. bed-mould
  4. bed-moulds
  5. bed-post
  6. bed-ridden
  7. bed-room
  8. bed-rooms
  9. bed-rotting
  10. bed-sheet
  11. bed-sheets

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