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

As recently as the past decade, IBM has ridden out the transition to software as a service and cloud-native computing, or the development of applications that can integrate into any cloud environment.

From Barron's

Even though they’d ridden slowly, Jonah was still drenched with sweat.

From Literature

He hadn’t ridden a bike in so long.

From Literature

Glicken had ridden three times in helicopters, seeing the same view each time.

From Literature

As they watched, two more great boars came clumping down to the seashore, each ridden by a child of about ten.

From Literature

Related Words

• cruise
• drift
• drive
• float
• go
• go with
• guide
• move
• sit
• travel