Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disease-ridden

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.60 in modern English

Syllables
dis-ease-rid-den
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

dominated by disease.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From disease + -ridden.

Inflected Forms

more disease-ridden (comparative) most disease-ridden (superlative)

Questions

What does disease-ridden mean?
dominated by disease.
Where does disease-ridden come from?
From disease + -ridden.

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