Bedridden and Down

Bedridden

Bedridden adjective - Confined to bed (by illness).
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Down and bedridden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Down" instead an adjective "Bedridden".

Down

Down adjective - Brought or having come to an end.

Bedridden and down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bedridden" instead an adjective "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

Both words in one sentence

  • A character comes down with an illness (or alternatively, has broken a limb and has a cast on), and may be bedridden.
    Source: Sick Episode
  • Soap Opera Disease: Santa and everyone else at the North Pole comes down with some sort of illness which leaves them bedridden, forcing Santa to cancel Christmas.
  • Working Through the Cold: Meta Knight attempted to do this in Guardian Angel when he comes down with the same fever that had Kirby bedridden.
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