bedridden[adjective]Synonyms: confined to bed, confined, flat on one's back, incapacitated, laid up
(informal)
Antonyms: ambulant, ambulatory
Contrasted words: healed, well, hale, healthy, whole
Related Idioms: flat on one's back
Related Words: confined,
incapacitated,
laid up,
feeble,
infirm,
sickly,
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bed‧rid‧den /ˈbedˌrɪdn/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old English;
Origin: bedreda 'person who has to stay in bed', from bedd 'bed' + -rida, -reda 'rider']
unable to leave your bed, especially because you are old or ill
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