Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Dominated, harassed, or obsessed by. Often used in combination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Past participle of ride.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • p. p. of ride

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  • verb Past participle of ride
  • adjective Full of.
  • adjective Oppressed by.
  • verb Past participle of rid

Etymologies

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See ride (verb)

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See rid

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Examples

  • The filthy, vermin ridden LIAR, known to one and a few as “Ryan Neat” needs a bit of knowledge re: those “beleaguered Palestinians”.

    Think Progress » Racism and the Death Penalty 2005

  • If by priest-ridden is meant the sympathetic interest in the welfare of their people of a virtuous and educated clergy, who saved Canada to England in 1776 and 1812, then Quebec is priest-ridden.

    One of Canada's Assets, the Habitant 1922

  • 2, Recently acquired Doug Gilmour, though flu-ridden, is a playoff warrior.

    USA TODAY Latest news 2000

  • I was barely 14 at the time, so something as blunt and explicit and four-letter-word ridden with a Harlan Ellison column no less! as that was a bit of a shock.

    Sunday After The Storm | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

  • "If I might ask ... ser?" ventures Whylyn after they have ridden a kay or so.

    Scion of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • She had stopped mentioning what the conditions were in the particular section of range she had ridden, which is what made him suspect she had something else on her mind while she was out there.

    This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981

  • She had stopped mentioning what the conditions were in the particular section of range she had ridden, which is what made him suspect she had something else on her mind while she was out there.

    This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981

  • She had stopped mentioning what the conditions were in the particular section of range she had ridden, which is what made him suspect she had something else on her mind while she was out there.

    This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981

  • She had stopped mentioning what the conditions were in the particular section of range she had ridden, which is what made him suspect she had something else on her mind while she was out there.

    This Calder Sky Janet Dailey 1981

  • No 'jargon ridden pleonasm' here, as Martin's friend Evan might observe, and no turgid torpidity either.

    WalesOnline - Home 2010

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