bedridden

B3E1D2R1I1D2D2E1N1
UK/ˈbɛdɹɪdən/

adjective

Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

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bedfastbedboundbedridsick-abedillsick
OriginMiddle English bedreden ← Old English bedreda →
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Meanings

adjectivebedridden (not comparable)

alternative bed-ridden · alternative obsolete bedrid

  1. not comparableConfined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

    the estate of a bedridden old gentleman

    1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC

    Synonyms: bedfast, bedbound

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveConfined to bed because of infirmity or illness.

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bedfastbedbound

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveconfined to bed (by illness)

Similar
bedfastbedridsick-abedillsick
Also see
bedboundbedfastbedridsick-abed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbedreda“bedridden”
  2. Middle Englishbedreden
  3. Englishbedridden

From Middle English bedreden (also as bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.

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Translations

Ancient Greek κλινοπετής
  • κλινοπετής (klinopetḗs)confined to bed
Bulgarian прикова́н на легло́
  • прикова́н на легло́ (prikován na legló)confined to bed
Catalan enllitat, allitat
  • enllitatconfined to bed
  • allitatconfined to bed
Chinese Mandarin 臥床不起的 /卧床不起的
  • 臥床不起的 /卧床不起的 (wòchuángbùqǐ de)confined to bed
Dutch bedlegerig
  • bedlegerigconfined to bed
Esperanto litmalsana
  • litmalsanaconfined to bed
Finnish vuoteenoma
  • vuoteenomaconfined to bed
French alité, cloué au lit
  • alitéconfined to bed
  • cloué au litconfined to bed
  • grabataireconfined to bed
German bettlägerig
  • bettlägerigconfined to bed
Greek κλινήρης
  • κλινήρης (kliníris)confined to bed
Hungarian ágyhoz kötött
  • ágyhoz kötöttconfined to bed
Irish cróilí
  • cróilíconfined to bed
Italian degente, allettato
  • degenteconfined to bed
  • allettatoconfined to bed
Korean 와상
  • 와상 (wasang)confined to bed
Norwegian sengeliggende
  • sengeliggendeconfined to bed
Persian بستری
  • بستری (bastari)confined to bed
Polish przykuty do łóżka, obłożnie chory
  • przykuty do łóżkaconfined to bed
  • obłożnie choryconfined to bed
Portuguese acamado
  • acamadoconfined to bed
Russian прико́ванный к посте́ли
  • прико́ванный к посте́ли (prikóvannyj k postéli)confined to bed
Spanish limitado a la cama, confinado en cama
  • limitado a la camaconfined to bed
  • confinado en camaconfined to bed
  • postrado en camaconfined to bed
  • encamadoconfined to bed
Swedish sängliggande, sängbunden
  • sängliggandeconfined to bed
  • sängbundenconfined to bed
Tagalog datay, nakaratay
  • datayconfined to bed
  • nakaratayconfined to bed
  • nasa banig ng karamdamanconfined to bed
Tamil படுத்தபடுக்கையாக
  • படுத்தபடுக்கையாக (paṭuttapaṭukkaiyāka)confined to bed
Turkish yatalak
  • yatalakconfined to bed
Welsh gorweiddiog
  • gorweiddiogconfined to bed
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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