bedbound

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adjective

Unable to leave one's bed (for any reason, such as illness, injury, or disability).

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bedriddenbedfast
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Meanings

adjectivebedbound (comparative more bedbound, superlative most bedbound)

comparative more bedbound · superlative most bedbound

  1. Unable to leave one's bed (for any reason, such as illness, injury, or disability).

    Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.

    1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, →DOI, page 642

    Synonyms: bedridden, bedfast

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveUnable to leave one's bed (for any reason, such as illness, injury, or disability).

Similar
bedriddenbedfast
Also see
bedfastbedridden

Origin

From bed + bound.

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APA

bedbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedbound

MLA

“bedbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedbound. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bedbound,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bedbound.

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