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ridden

1

[ rid-n ]

verb

  1. a past participle of ride.


-ridden

2
  1. a combining form meaning “obsessed with,” “overwhelmed by” ( torment-ridden ) or “full of,” “burdened with” ( debt-ridden ).

ridden

/ ˈrɪdən /

verb

  1. See ride
    the past participle of ride


adjective

  1. in combination afflicted, affected, or dominated by something specified

    damp-ridden

    disease-ridden

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Other Words From

  • un·ridden adjective
  • well-ridden adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ridden1

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Example Sentences

The bitter and guilt-ridden Rick of previous seasons would never have been able to do this.

Leonard has hung with cops, ridden in squad cars, sat in the courtrooms and precinct houses, seen busts up close.

The episode includes satirical images of crime-ridden, rat-infested slums overrun by child-biting monkeys.

In Ferguson, Missouri, the bullet-ridden body of Michael Brown lies on a slab somewhere, and his parents await justice, and mourn.

It is naïve to imagine that a militarized police will confine itself to surgical strikes in crime-ridden areas.

Before daybreak we had ridden five and twenty miles, but had been compelled to abandon two more guns.

We had been twelve hours in the saddle, and had ridden over nearly a hundred miles of ground.

I looked over his shoulder and recognized at a glance the rangy black MacRae had ridden.

He had ridden fast; she had heard the quick strokes of the horse's hoofs on the ground before she saw him.

Once he had galloped up to the open door, looked in, spoken in a friendly way to her, and ridden on.

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