Meaning

3 senses
  1. Experiencing an epidemic of one of the diseases known as fever (such as yellow fever).

    2007, Giles Foden, “The brio of Ali Banana” (review of Burma Boy by Biyi Bandele, The Guardian, 2 June, 2007, Rain and illness turn the camp into a fever-ridden mudbath.

  2. Harbouring the virus that causes one of the diseases known as fever.

  3. Suffering from fever.

Origin

From fever + -ridden.

From fever + -ridden.

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Forms

more fever-ridden, most fever-ridden
Comparativemore fever-ridden Lesson
Superlativemost fever-ridden Lesson

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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