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to riddle

to riddle

2 7.7
To fill something with faults or problems
  • verb
  • /ˈrɪdəl/
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  • The old walls were riddled with cracks and holes from years of neglect.

It it is the antidote to this moral cancer that inflation riddles our society with.

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Examples

  • Riddled with tunnels.

    Just Visiting (2001)

  • He would make up the lost revenue by eliminating some of the $1.3 trillion in myriad breaks that riddle the U.S. tax code.

    Blog text (28)

  • Riddled with competing interests and a lack of political vision.

    Blog text (24)

  • Riddled with errors.

    Blog text (26)

  • Riddled with mismanagement, a lack of accountability, and a chronic absence of strategic vision, official U.S. broadcast outlets remain a marginal voice in Iranian politics.

    Academic text (2010)

  • A litany of perceptual oversights and errors riddles the pro-growth postings on this thread.

    Blog text (32)

  • Although some stories depict strong, desiring women who contradict the stereotype of FTZ workers as weak victims, other stories, written by women, convey the complex conflicts that riddle their lives.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Half its classrooms are 1950s-vintage portables with yellowing plexiglass windows, and grass-clogged cracks riddle the asphalt playground.

    Blog text (12)

  • The report was riddled with inaccuracies, making it hard to trust the conclusions.

  • After the storm, the beach was riddled with debris left behind by the raging waves.

Synonyms

to saturate
vsto riddle
55 5.2

Make something so full of liquid or color that it can take no more

means full soaking but also implies troublesome spread throughout
to penetrate
vsto riddle
44 5.0

Spread through something and reach all parts, like a strong smell

focuses on pervasive presence that often causes damage or issues
to diffuse
vsto riddle
40 5.5

To spread out and reach many people or places

is more about widespread distribution rather than harmful deep penetration
to permeate
vsto riddle
24 6.0

To spread through something and reach every part

is the same but often implies harmful or problematic presence
to pervade
vsto riddle
22 6.7

Spread through a place so you notice it everywhere

is similar but usually stresses a damaging or problematic presence
to impregnate
vsto riddle
3 7.4

To fill something completely with a liquid or chemical

usually highlights widespread presence often with harmful effects

Antonyms

to clear
∞ 1.5

To remove people or things from a place

Idioms

riddle wrapped in an enigma
  • Informal
1 9.7

Something or someone that is very mysterious and hard to understand

Phrasal Verbs

to pose a riddle
5.8

Give a puzzling question for other people to solve

Compounds

riddle canon
  • Specialized
9.9

A musical piece where players solve clues to know when to start playing

How Permeated

to riddle
2 7.7
to permeate
24 6.0
marked
2.7
laced
4.8
dotted
2.4

Surface Forms

riddle infinitive
riddled past
riddled past participle
riddling present participle
riddles third person singular

Etymology

Riddle used in the phrase 'riddled with' comes from its older sense of being full of holes, and now it means to be full of something bad, like errors or corruption. So if something is 'riddled with' problems, those problems are present everywhere inside it.