All bedridden synonyms
bed·rid·den
B b adj bedridden
- disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- ill — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- infirm — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
- ailing — An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
- incapacitated — unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to the phone now—he's incapacitated.
- invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
- prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- laid up — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- flat on one's back — lying supine
adverb bedridden
- under the weather — the state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc.