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bedfast

[bed-fast, -fahst] / ˈbɛdˌfæst, -ˌfɑst /
ADJECTIVE
confined
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circumscribed cramped imprisoned restrained restricted
STRONG
bound chilled compassed cramp detained grounded hampered held hog-tied iced immured incarcerated indisposed invalided jailed pent sick
WEAK
bedridden bottled-up cooped up flattened out in chains in jail incommodious laid up locked up on ice sealed up shut-in
Antonyms
STRONG
healthy well
WEAK
free liberated unlimited

Example Sentences

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His mother had been bedfast with an incurable ailment for months and he wanted to marry highfalutin Mary Louise Smith, 18-year-old daughter of onetime big-league Ballplayer Jimmy Smith, now a well-to-do Pittsburgh nightclub owner.

From Time Magazine Archive

After having been obliged to give up his dental practice, Blaiberg was bedfast.

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First, a cumbersome external device that will keep the patient bedfast.

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Here and there a bedfast invalid screamed foolishly.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was never bedfast and never had to be waited on.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar