ridden
adjective
rid·den
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Definition of ridden
1
: harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by
—usually used in combination guilt-riddendebt-ridden
2
: excessively full of or supplied with
—usually used in combination slum-ridden
Examples of ridden in a Sentence
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Dispossession had become endemic in the debt-ridden western counties. — Thomas Wendel, National Review, "The Beginning of a Nation," 4 July 2019 Actors in the role of adults impress as well, particularly Richard Ullrich as the anxiety-ridden Doc and Jon Michell as the gruff police lieutenant. — Daily Pilot, "On Theater: A heart-throbbing ‘West Side’ revival," 19 July 2019 This new iteration is also a little more anxiety-ridden, alert, and energetic, which makes the Timon feel more real with his jerky movements and wide, unblinking eyes. — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, "Billy Eichner's best lines as Timon in The Lion King remake," 19 July 2019 Even so, employers slashed headcount by 104,800, or 34%, in this year's second quarter, according to outplacement giant Challenger, Gray & Christmas —the biggest number of layoffs since the recession-ridden days of 2009. — Anne Fisher, Fortune, "Lost Your Job? Here’s What to Tell Interviewers," 8 Aug. 2019 The post-Heller landscape is littered with bullet-ridden bodies. — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, "Gun Culture Has Always Been About White Supremacy," 4 Aug. 2019 Airmen and their families have used social media to post comments, photos and videos about mold-ridden dorm rooms on Lackland and other installations for days. — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, "Two hundred military personnel relocated from San Antonio dorms as Air Force mold problem grows," 29 July 2019 Flo’s offers a handful of mosquito-ridden picnic tables and a ceiling so low that most people have to crouch. — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, "Flo’s hot dogs are a vacation in a bun," 23 July 2019 At a Wednesday hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) compared Facebook to Wells Fargo & Co. and Equifax Inc., two scandal-ridden companies that have come under scrutiny for harming consumers. — Los Angeles Times, "Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency plan gets a second round of hate in Congress," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ridden.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for ridden
ridden
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of ridden
: filled with or containing something unpleasant or unwanted
See the full definition for ridden in the English Language Learners Dictionary
ridden
adjective
rid·den
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Kids Definition of ridden
: extremely concerned with or burdened by
guilt-ridden poverty-ridden