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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The enemy that made General Douglas MacArthur a bedfast hospital casualty last week is as common as it is mysterious.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Here and there a bedfast invalid screamed foolishly.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

At the coming of winter, Uncle Zed was bedfast.

From Dorian by Anderson, Nephi