Definition of "ridden" []

• Past participle of ride. (verb)
• Dominated, harassed, or obsessed by. Often used in combination: disease-ridden; grief-ridden. (adjective)

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• "The filthy, vermin ridden LIAR, known to one and a few as “Ryan Neat” needs a bit of knowledge re: those “beleaguered Palestinians”."
• "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."
• "2, Recently acquired Doug Gilmour, though flu-ridden, is a playoff warrior."