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• ridden
  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

“Throughout our history, NetApp has ridden wave after wave of change in the IT ocean,” the company’s history page reads.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The symmetry of all three reaching new peaks over the past six months, however, can’t go unnoticed in a market that has ridden the AI investment wave to historic heights over the past six weeks.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

If you want to be on the equestrian team, you can’t show up and have never ridden a horse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Plus, he is trained by Bill Mott and ridden by Junior Alvarado, who combined to win last year with Sovereignty.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The riders had long ridden past us and into the pines.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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