Synonyms:
invalid, shut-in
Meaning: someone who is incapacitated by a chronic illness or injury
Usage examples
She had been an invalid for several years.
"As soon as you can, Silas," said the invalid.
She was not an invalid, and she lived in seclusion from no love-disappointment.
The invalid was taken to the lodge, to a room next to Grigory's and Marfa Ignatyevna's.
Mrs. Bludward was something of an invalid, and Robert was a young man who had been at Oxford and was going into Parliament.
Gollop, my doctor, came in at eleven (for I'm a sad invalid, you know, and see Gollop every day), and, 'gad! there I was, singing away like--a robin."
An invalid gentleman, who resided for some years on Ham Common, in Surrey, had a dog which distinctly pronounced John, William, and two or three other words.
In the morning she was safe, and great was the rejoicing; but for two days the little invalid was not allowed to continue the journey, much as they longed to hurry on.
The Lady Harriet, who remained at the hall, was a great invalid, and never went out in the carriage, and the Lady Anne preferred riding on horseback with her brother or cousins.
A goblet of Champagne restored Joseph's equanimity, and before the bottle was emptied, of which as an invalid he took two-thirds, he had agreed to take the young ladies to Vauxhall.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording McJob, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Meerkat Manor, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Terry Fox, License CC BY-SA 4.0