ridden

5.1

Full of problems, often used after words like debt or corruption

adjective
/ˈrɪdən/

: afectado

The Most Conflict-Ridden Period

It's it's a crime ridden and kind of disgusting.

Examples

After years of neglect, the city was now home to many poverty-ridden neighborhoods.
The town was plagued by violence, making it a crime-ridden area.
How to bring peace to conflict ridden situations.
It's it's a crime ridden and kind of disgusting.

Film Courage
Cover them bags, cover those sleepless nights, those anxiety ridden nights all gone.
Her anxiety had become a constant, ridden burden that affected her daily life.

Synonyms

laden

vsridden

16 5.5

Full of a strong feeling such as guilt or sadness

is affected by an excess of undesirable things rather than mere burden

Antonyms

free

406 1.0

Not containing something unwanted

unaffected

3 3.9

Not changed or harmed by something and not showing strong feeling

Compounds

war-ridden

1 8.0

A country or area suffering from ongoing fighting

demon-ridden

Literature

9.9

Seeming to be controlled and troubled by evil spirits

hag-ridden

Archaic

9.9

Being troubled by bad dreams and strong fears

How Affected

ridden

5.1

afflicted

5.9

affected

3.6

unaffected

3 3.9

Surface Forms

ridden positive

Morphology

ridden = ride (semi-transparent) = ride + en

Formed as the past-participle/adjectival use of 'ride' with the irregular -en; the adjectival sense 'affected by' is metaphorically extended and not fully predictable from the verb for all learners.

Etymology

Ridden comes from the verb ride meaning 'to sit on' and the ending -en, so picture a rider sitting on and controlling a horse. People used that idea to say a trouble 'rides' someone or a place, so ridden now means 'full of' or controlled by something bad.