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• past participle of ride.

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  ridden

  verb

  a past participle of ride.
• -ridden
  -ridden

  a combining form meaning “obsessed with,” “overwhelmed by” (torment-ridden ) or “full of,” “burdened with” (debt-ridden ).

ridden

¹ American  

[rid-n] / ˈrɪd n /

verb

1. a past participle of ride.

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-ridden ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “obsessed with,” “overwhelmed by” (torment-ridden ) or “full of,” “burdened with” (debt-ridden ).

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ridden British  

/ ˈrɪdən /

verb

1. the past participle of ride

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adjective

1. (in combination) afflicted, affected, or dominated by something specified

   damp-ridden

   disease-ridden

Other Word Forms

• unridden
  adjective
• well-ridden
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of -ridden

Special use of ridden

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Example Sentences

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ridden

The Coastal Commission also required the county to stop allowing motorized vehicle access on the sand, infuriating locals who have long ridden onto the beach to go fishing and enjoy the rural seclusion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

It reopened the following year as X2 and since then has been ridden by more than 16 million people, the park said.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

I’ve ridden out the crashes, bought the dips, and every time I’ve been rewarded for holding on.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

We’ve ridden in past years from Canada to Oregon and from San Francisco to the Mexico border.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

And then there's me, standing across from her, desperate for her approval, suffocating with the weight of the past and ridden with anxiety that reminds me I’m just not good enough.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

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