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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

Etymology

Origin of -ridden

Special use of ridden

Example Sentences

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ridden

In line with the sometimes defiant sense of local "Ossie pride", Siegmund has often ridden the iconic local Simson bike, including to the polling booth Sunday in his hometown of Tangermuende.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Older Americans have ridden decades of gains in stocks and real estate, while many younger people are stuck in rentals, struggling with the soaring cost of child care and the burden of student debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

A leading horse welfare organisation has warned of "too many cases" where horses that cannot be ridden are given away or sold "until they end up in a really poor situation".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The species, Acanthosaura syrax, takes its name from Syrax, the dragon ridden by Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen in House of the Dragon.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

Though I had never ridden a bike, I was intrigued.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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