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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

But for many investors who have ridden this ebullient stock market, direct indexing is no longer generating the losses it once did.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 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

Further Ado, another favorite, posted the field’s fastest speed in the Blue Grass Stakes on April 4 and will be ridden by John Velazquez.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

The interactive installations complementing the artifacts include a 747 flight simulation and a 45-foot-long slide carrying visitors down to the bottom of the shuttle stack, which Rudolph himself has already ridden.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

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

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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