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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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Here and there a bedfast invalid screamed foolishly.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

So there he was, bedfast for about three months; but, of course, he begun to enjoy his accident long before that—almost as soon as he come to, in fact.

From Ma Pettengill by Wilson, Harry Leon

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.