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bedridden

/ˈbɛdɹɪdən/

bedridden adjective: confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

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

bedridden meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog

bedridden in Tamil

confined to bed
படுத்தபடுக்கையாக paṭuttapaṭukkaiyāka

bedridden in Urdu

صاحب فراش, تھکا ہوا

bedridden in Malayalam

confined to bed, immobilized, laid up
ശയ്യാവലംബിയായ, രോഗംനിമിത്തംശയ്യാവലംബിയായ, രോഗംമൂലംചിരകാലശയ്യാവലംബിയായ, കിടപ്പുരോഗിയായ, നിത്യരോഗിയായ, പാടില്ലാതെ കിടക്കുന്ന

bedridden in Tagalog

confined to bed
datay, nakaratay, nasa banig ng karamdaman
More languagesFewer languages
bedridden in Persian
بستری bastari

Synonyms of bedridden

Forms of bedridden

alternative formbed-ridden
alternative form (obsolete)bedrid

Origin of bedridden

From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.

Words formed from bedridden

Questions about bedridden

What does bedridden mean?
Bedridden means confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.
What is bedridden in Tamil?
Bedridden in Tamil is படுத்தபடுக்கையாக (paṭuttapaṭukkaiyāka). See Bedridden meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is bedridden?
Bedridden is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bedridden?
Bedridden is pronounced /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/ (UK).

Words near bedridden in the dictionary

  1. bedribble
  2. bedribbled
  3. bedribbles
  4. bedribbling
  5. bedrid
  6. bedridden
  7. bedriddenness
  8. bedridding
  9. bedrift
  10. bedright
  11. bedrights

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bedridden (page history and authors); bedridden (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Bedridden (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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