bedridden

adjective

Definition of bedriddennext
as in bedfast

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Recent Examples of bedridden The household quickly settled in, and within two weeks, Trotsky had resumed work on his biography of Lenin, while Natalia remained bedridden with a recurring bout of malaria. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 Gregory Maassen was nearly bedridden by a burning sensation that was later diagnosed as a rare form of neuropathy. — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 21 July 2026 Toohey was bedridden for six weeks after undergoing surgery to repair cartilage in his left knee in December. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 The young boy was bedridden, unable to speak and living in filth, according to the report. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for bedridden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedridden
  1. sickly
  2. ailing
  3. frail
  4. dying
  5. invalid
  6. incapacitated
Adjective
  • Seeing her daughter in that state, babbling nonsense and barely able to stand, Letizia had goggled with the watery eyes of a sickly old lady.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The woman’s body, painted in blazing magenta, is wrapped around a man rendered in sickly olive green, her head disappearing into his chest.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of sickly
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  • Heel Moxley pounced on an ailing Nick Jackson and hit a piledriver on the outside.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Perhaps unsurprisingly, subsequent attempts at diplomacy, led by the ailing diplomat and intellectual Benjamin Franklin, also proved ineffective.
    — Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of ailing
Adjective
  • Perennially frail, sick, and gaunt, the ambient guitar composer had devoted his life to a sprawling catalog, some 40 albums wide, that resembles a matchstick model of paradise.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • Nebraska has a nearly 300-page index of diagnoses that could qualify someone as medically frail.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 July 2026
Definition of frail
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  • What’s the vibe for you, post-dying?
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Garden centers aren't giving a refund for a dying or dead plant but rather a discount on a new purchase.
    — Lauren David, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of dying
Adjective
  • The government maintains that the request for class certification came too late and is invalid anyway.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Kenzo had inclined his head over his invalid daughter and was staring at her intently.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of invalid
Adjective
  • Prosecutors, who had sought seven years and seven months in jail, said that the four women accusing him of rape, in both the proven and unproven cases, had each time been too unconscious or too incapacitated to resist him after attending parties.
    — Gwladys Fouche, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • The spoof comedy parodied 1970s disaster films and followed Hays' character, who must overcome his fear of flying to land a commercial jet when its crew and passengers become incapacitated by food poisoning.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Definition of incapacitated

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