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bedridden

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bed·rid·den  (bdrdn) also bed·rid (-rd)
adj.
Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity.
[Middle English bedreden, from Old English bedrida : bed, bed; see bed + rida, rider (from rdan, to ride; see ride).]
bedridden
Adjective
unable to leave bed because of illness
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bedridden - confined to bed (by illness)
bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
bedridden
adjective confined to bed, confined, incapacitated, laid up (informal) flat on your back
Translations
bedridden [ˈbɛdrɪdn] adj → postrado (en cama)
bedridden [ˈbɛdrɪdn] adj → cloué(e) au lit
bedridden [ˈbɛdrɪdn] adj → bettlägerig
bedridden [ˈbɛdrɪdən] adj → costretto/a a letto


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They were bedridden all of Wednesday and Thursday, and seemed to grow more and more tired and worn, all the time.
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Delvin: her handwriting is a credit to the school that taught her; and the poor bedridden creature words her invitation so nicely, that I myself couldn't have resisted it--and I'm a hard one, as you know.
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---tend me this bedridden fellow since he must needs be tended, whilst these knaves use their weapons.
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