bedridden

[bed-rid-n]

adjective

1. confined to bed because of illness, injury, etc.

bedridden

/ ˈbɛdˌrɪdən /

adjective

1. confined to bed because of illness, esp for a long or indefinite period

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedridden¹

1300–50; Middle English, variant (by confusion with past participle of ride ) of bedrid

Word History and Origins

Origin of bedridden¹

Old English bedreda , from bedd _bed + -rida rider, from rīdan to _ride

Example Sentences

The younger brother said his sister had been bedridden for the last two years and as her health deteriorated she appeared to have stopped breathing on Saturday, according to the temple's manager.

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Most of the building's residents were sick and bedridden elderly people.

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The staff had been told that Japan Special Defense Forces would be there soon to move the bedridden patients.

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“God’s got my back,” he sang, still bedridden.

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Keaton was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Bessie Lee, a woman who has been caring for years for her bedridden father when she is diagnosed with leukemia.

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Related Words

• ill 
• incapacitated 
• infirm 
• invalid