ridden

See also: -ridden

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪdn̩/
• Rhymes: -ɪdən

Etymology 1

See ride (verb)

Verb

ridden

1. past participle of ride

Adjective

ridden (comparative more ridden, superlative most ridden)

1. Full of.
2. Oppressed, dominated or plagued by.

Usage notes

• Usually used as combining form: guilt-ridden, etc.

Derived terms

Terms derived from ridden

• angst-ridden
• bedridden
• book-ridden
• caste-ridden
• church-ridden
• cliché-ridden
• cloud-ridden
• conflict-ridden
• court-ridden
• crime-ridden
• crisis-ridden
• debt-ridden
• devil-ridden
• disease-ridden
• drudgery-ridden
• drug-ridden
• dust-ridden
• fever-ridden
• flea-ridden
• gout-ridden
• guilt-ridden
• hagridden
• louse-ridden
• memory-ridden
• money-ridden
• obstacle-ridden
• passion-ridden
• plague-ridden
• priest-ridden
• rat-ridden
• scandal-ridden
• scum-ridden
• sex-ridden
• sin-ridden
• sleaze-ridden
• slum-ridden
• sorrow-ridden
• storm-ridden
• strife-ridden
• violence-ridden
• war-ridden
• waste-ridden
• wormridden

 

Etymology 2

See rid

Verb

ridden

1. (archaic, rare, now nonstandard) past participle of rid
   • 1752, Journal of Captain William Trent from Logstown to Pickawillany:

     As the New York traders to reach the Miami country passed through that of the Iroquois, the French devised a plan, which, if successful, would soon have ridden them of the English encroachments.

Anagrams

• Reddin, nidder, rinded