Definition of Riddled

1. Adjective. (often followed by 'with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes. "The bullet-riddled target"

Similar to: Damaged

2. Adjective. Spread throughout. "Cities riddled with corruption"
Similar to: Full

Definition of Riddled

1. Adjective. Damaged throughout by holes. ¹

2. Adjective. Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation. ¹

3. Verb. (past of riddle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Riddled

1. riddle [v] - See also: riddle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Riddled

riddance
riddances
ridded
ridden
ridden hard and put away wet
ridder
ridders
riddim
riddims
ridding
riddle
riddle canon
riddle me this
riddle stick
riddle sticks
riddled (current term)
riddlelike
riddler
riddlers
riddles
riddling
riddlings
ride a horse foaled by an acorn
ride along
ride alongs
ride away
ride cymbal
ride cymbals

Literary usage of Riddled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"Fragments. 1786 'Twill make her poor auld heart....In flinders flee.— Burns, ' On a Scotch Bard.' (NED) 1848 [He] had riddled to flinders their young ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"... and those portions which were not plated with iron were badly riddled. lire »t thirty-four minutes past twelve o'clock, ! a casualty on our part, ..."

3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"The one at the house immediately invested and riddled it with musketry, grape and cannon snot ior a lull hour, the colonel defending it most gallantly, ..."

4. The Chronicles of Baltimore: Being a Complete History of "Baltimore Town by John Thomas Scharf (1874)
"During the night the office was again attacked, and the windows completely riddled. The occupants were compelled to flee for their lives and take refuge in ..."

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