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bedrid

bedrid

9.9
Unable to get out of bed because of illness
  • adjective
  • /ˈbɛdrɪd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : postrado
  • After months of battling illness, she became bedrid and required constant care.

Examples

  • The elderly man, bedrid due to frailty, spent his days reminiscing about his youth.

  • About surrender up of aquitane to her decrepit, sick and bedrid father.

    Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

  • His long struggle with chronic pain left him bedrid and unable to participate in family gatherings.

Synonyms

bedridden
vsbedrid
11 4.5

Unable to leave bed because of illness or injury

emphasizes long-term confinement rather than temporary illness
laid up
vsbedrid
10 5.6

Not able to work because you are sick or injured and must stay in bed

focuses on prolonged bed confinement from illness rather than temporary incapacity
bedfast
vsbedrid
  • Specialized
9.9

Unable to get out of bed because of illness or weakness

stresses that this confinement is especially over a long period
sick-abed
vsbedrid
  • Archaic
9.9

Lying in bed because you are ill

implies longer or chronic confinement rather than brief sickness

Antonyms

active
664 1.0

Operating now and not stopped

mobile
81 2.7

Able to change or move easily

How Confined

bedrid
  • Archaic
9.9
homebound
3 5.8
mobile
81 2.7

Surface Forms

bedrid positive

Morphology

bedrid = bed + rid (opaque) = bed + rid

Although formed from recognizable words 'bed' + 'rid', the combined meaning 'confined to bed' cannot be derived from the component meanings ('rid' normally means 'free of').

Etymology

Bedrid comes from the simple parts bed and an ending like -ridden, and it means 'kept in bed' because of illness. A helpful image is being 'ridden' by sickness and unable to get up, which is why bedrid describes someone confined to bed.