Synonyms for bedridden


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bed-rid-n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɛdˌrɪd n


Définition of bedridden

Origin :
  • also bed-ridden, mid-14c., from adjectival use of late Old English bæddrædæn "bedridden (man)," from bedrid, from Old English bedreda, literally "bedrider, bedridden (man)," from bed + rida "rider" (see ride (v.)). Originally a noun, it became an adjective in Middle English and acquired an -en on the analogy of past participle adjectives from strong verbs such as ride.
  • adj sick in bed
Example sentences :
  • Blind and bedridden, her whole dependence was on her only son.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • For six years she had been helpless and bedridden in that little room.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • His wife is bedridden, and such a good creature, and so kind to me.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • At the return of spring Agesilaus lay sick—a bedridden invalid.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • Bedridden as he was, the undertaking seemed beyond his strength.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • It's called the Henry Hill, and Mrs. Henry is old and bedridden.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • I don't want to be bedridden for months as Vance McKinley was.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • One of these calls led him to a house where an old woman was bedridden.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • The old Signora Montani is bedridden; how could she get to mass?
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 » by Various
  • And she had a big family to help, and finally a bedridden sister to care for.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding At College » by Alice B. Emerson

Antonyms for bedridden

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