What does housebound mean?
Housebound means Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity..
Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.
Use housebound when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Housebound means Restricted to one's home, as by physical infirmity..
Common synonyms include homebound, confined, shut-in.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.
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