# ridden

Pronunciation: US say "RID-n" /ˈɹɪd.n̩/; UK

## Verb

1. Past participle of ride. — past participle of ride
   - Simple: Past participle of ride. Use it after has, have, had, is, was or were.
   - _The horse had been ridden hard in the days before the race._
   - _He has ridden trains across nearly every country in Europe._

## Adjective

2. Oppressed, dominated, or plagued by something, especially something harmful.
   - Simple: Troubled or weighed down by something bad, such as fear, guilt, or sickness.
   - _The colony remained ridden with disease throughout the rainy season._
   - _Their anxiety-ridden negotiations dragged on for months without progress._
3. Completely full of the thing named, usually something undesirable.
   - Simple: Full of something, often something unwanted or unpleasant.
   - _The neglected orchard was ridden with rot and fallen fruit._
   - _Reviewers complained that the pothole-ridden roads damaged their cars._

## Verb

4. Past participle of rid. Archaic and rare; the standard past participle is rid. *(archaic)* — past participle of rid
   - Simple: Past participle of rid. An old form that people today replace with rid.

## Origin

**Meanings 1–3** — Formed from "ride" plus the ending "-en," as the past participle of the verb ride.
**Meaning 4** — Formed from "rid" plus the ending "-en," related to the verb rid.

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