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Meaning of "riddled" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RIDDLED

riddled  [ˈrɪdəld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIDDLED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Riddled is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RIDDLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Riddle (disambiguation)

A riddle is a form of word puzzle. Riddle may also refer to: ▪ The World riddle of Friedrich Nietzsche, the meaning of life ▪ Riddle of the Sphinx ▪ The Riddle Song, also known as "I Gave My Love a Cherry," an English folk song...

Definition of riddled in the English dictionary

The first definition of riddled in the dictionary is pierced or perforated by numerous examples of sth. Other definition of riddled is to be riddled with sth to be full of or pervaded by sth undesirable. Riddled is also to be riddled with sth to be damaged or impaired by sth.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIDDLED


addled
ˈædəld
back-pedalled
ˈbækˌpedəld
befuddled
bɪˈfʌdəld
brindled
ˈbrɪndəld
griddled
ˈɡrɪdəld
handled
ˈhændəld
modelled
ˈmɒdəld
muddled
ˈmʌdəld
overpedalled
ˌəʊvəˈpedəld
raddled
ˈrædəld
rundled
ˈrʌndəld
sandalled
ˈsændəld
scroddled
ˈskrɒdəld
spraddled
ˈsprædəld
unbridled
ʌnˈbraɪdəld
uncandled
ʌnˈkændəld
uncurdled
ʌnˈkɜːdəld
unsandalled
ʌnˈsændəld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIDDLED

rid
ridability
ridable
riddance
ridden
ridder
riddle
riddler
riddlingly
ride
ride again
ride at anchor
ride down
ride for a fall
ride out
ride roughshod over
ride the wave
ride to hounds
ride up
rideable

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIDDLED

air-cooled
called
controlled
detailed
entitled
failed
filled
fuddled
huddled
installed
led
pearl-handled
scheduled
sealed
skilled
so-called
unhandled
unkindled
untitled
well-handled

Synonyms and antonyms of riddled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RIDDLED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «riddled» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of riddled

Translation of «riddled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIDDLED

Find out the translation of riddled to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of riddled from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «riddled» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

布满 > 的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acribillado
570 millions of speakers

English

riddled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छलनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزقها
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пронизана
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

repleto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাঁঝরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

criblé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

durchlöchert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

~で穴だらけになった
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

> 벌집이 된
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Riddled
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thủng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புதிராகக்கிடக்கிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दोरखंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kalbura
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crivellato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podziurawiony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пронизана
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ciuruit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διάτρητο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deurspek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

borrad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

riddled
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of riddled

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIDDLED»

The term «riddled» is quite widely used and occupies the 42.615 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIDDLED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «riddled» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «riddled» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about riddled

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10 QUOTES WITH «RIDDLED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word riddled.
1
Tom Baker
I used to always be putting my hat on children being photographed and then getting home and discovering I was riddled with lice. That used to happen very, very regularly. I used to get headlice all the time.
2
Glenn Beck
I can multitask like crazy. I'm riddled with ADD - a blessing and a curse.
3
Ginny Brown-Waite
The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal.
4
James E. Burke
We don't grow unless we take risks. Any successful company is riddled with failures.
5
Tommy Chong
Unfortunately, the American justice system is just riddled with lies and inconsistencies.
6
Charles Dance
I'm riddled with cynicism. Whenever anyone says 'trust me,' the hairs go up on the back of my neck.
7
James Dyson
An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.
8
John Eaton
However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though some of the performances might be riddled with faults.
9
Michelle Fairley
As an actor, you're constantly riddled with self-doubt. You are your own worst critic.
10
Robin Marantz Henig
In the womb, humans are free of microbes. Colonization begins during the journey down the birth canal, which is riddled with bacteria, some of which make their way onto the newborn's skin.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIDDLED»

Discover the use of riddled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to riddled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Riddled with Life: Friendly Worms, Ladybug Sex, and the ...
From the early days of life on earth, disease has evolved alongside us. Zuk shows us that this is not only natural but essential to our health; disease and its fellows are our partners, not our foes.
Marlene Zuk, 2008
2
The Riddled Chain: Chance, Coincidence, and Chaos in Human ...
Anthropologist McKee probes the depths of research with a variety of perspectives as he demonstrates how the chain of human evolution has been riddled with chance, coincidence, and chaos. 21 illustrations.
Jeffrey Kevin McKee, 2000
3
Star Trek: The Riddled Post
STARFLEET CORPS OF ENGINEERS The dilithium mining outpost on BorSitu Minor is an understaffed, uninteresting, unspectacular place full of miners, engineers, and scientists who have never done harm to anyone, nor do they have anything of ...
Aaron Rosenberg, 2001
4
Riddled to death
English teacher Ellie Hastings has retired to the mountain village of Hummingbird Falls, a tourist town of 800 with more than its share of wildlife, local characters and strange happenings.
JOanne Clarey, JOanne Clarey, 2009
5
Like a Field Riddled by Ants: Fictions of Myra Sklarew
I recognize how she is quietly extraordinary. Fiction by Myra Sklarew is an event" -Cynthia Ozick.
Myra Sklarew, 1987
6
The Riddled Night
As winter falls over the land, the Pharician warlord Tash seizes control of Everien with the help of horrific weapons he can use to control the Clans, and Everien's only hope lies in Tarquin the Free and his beloved Jaya Paradox, trapped ...
Valery Leith, 2001
7
Upanisads
The demons riddled it with evil. As a result, one smells with it both good and bad odours, for it is riddled with evil. 3 Then they venerated the High Chant as speech . The demons riddled it with evil. As a result, one speaks with it both what is true ...
‎2008
8
The Riddled Night
Tricia Sullivan. THE RIDDLED NIGHT Tricia Sullivan Enter the SF Gateway ... In the last years of. www.sfgateway.com.
Tricia Sullivan, 2014
9
Others
Only when the speaker takes the blame does what might be called the apotheosis occur: "Until I cried and trembled and rocked to and fro/Riddled with light. Ah!" The reader must repeat through reading this taking of blame if the poem is to ...
Joseph Hillis Miller, 2001
10
Riddled with Light: Metaphor in the Poetry of W. B. Yeats
Indeed, in the seven essays that comprise Riddled with Light, Sanders explores the development of Yeats’ metaphorical concepts throughout the poet’s career, analyzing the types of metaphors Yeats used while tracing the impact of ...
Mark E. Sanders, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIDDLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term riddled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fresno parents jailed after home riddled with 100+ bullets — from …
Fresno police said this gun was found at a home where more than 100 shots were fired from within the home. The parents were arrested on weapons and child ... «Fresno Bee, Jul 15»
2
Spring rolls 'riddled with cockroaches'
THE owner of a South Lake restaurant has been slapped with almost $8000 in fines and court costs after serving a customer spring rolls “riddled with baby ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
3
China says state-owned firms riddled with corruption, nepotism
China's top graft-busting agency has lambasted the country's powerful state-owned industries as being riddled with corruption and nepotism, saying the origins ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
4
Injury-riddled Cardinals can use All-Star break
While those additions will help, this injury-riddled team -- its Opening Day roster has missed a whopping 217 man-games as of Sunday night, including the loss ... «Channel3000.com - WISC-TV3, Jul 15»
5
Ottawa police investigating shooting in Herongate area that left car …
Ottawa police are investigating a shooting Wednesday night near Herongate that left a car riddled with bullet holes and scattered shell casings throughout a ... «MetroNews Canada, Jun 15»
6
San Jose: Melee leaves Edenvale neighborhood houses and cars …
... found a handgun and assault rifle as well as bullet strikes through the walls. Several vehicles and a residence on Osgood Court were also riddled with bullets. «San Jose Mercury News, May 15»
7
Men's beards are "riddled with poop particles"
They swabbed men's beards, took those samples back to their lab, and changed the world forever by revealing that all that majestic facial hair is "riddled with ... «Cosmopolitan UK, May 15»
8
Bullet-riddled body found on walking path is Buckeye missing person
A bullet-riddled body found on a neighborhood walking path in Buckeye Wednesday morning is that of a teenager who went missing Tuesday night, officers said ... «KPHO Phoenix, Apr 15»
9
Russell Brand asks 'is the establishment riddled with paedophiles …
Russell Brand has turned his attentions back to the government in a revolution-rousing episode of his YouTube series called 'Is The Establishment Riddled With ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jan 15»
10
Car riddled with bullets in White Rock
Later, yellow police tape blocked Columbia Avenue east of Johnston Road, and officers with rifles could be seen patrolling near a vehicle that appeared riddled ... «Surrey Leader, Jan 15»

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