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stricken
[strik-uhn]
adjective
hit or wounded by a weapon, missile, or the like.
beset or afflicted, as with disease, trouble, or sorrow.
stricken areas; a stricken family.
deeply affected, as with grief, fear, or other emotions.
characterized by or showing the effects of affliction, trouble, misfortune, a mental blow, etc..
stricken features.
stricken
/ ˈٰɪə /
adjective
laid low, as by disease or sickness
deeply affected, as by grief, love, etc
archaicwounded or injured
Other Word Forms
- strickenly adverb
- unstricken adjective
- ˈٰԱ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of stricken1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stricken1
Example Sentences
Fires can be seen raging on a number of stricken planes.
The coffin of her husband, Johnson Mabia, sat amid a crowd of stricken mourners in Limbe in Cameroon's South-West region - an area that had witnessed scenes like this many times before.
Israel's military offensive, and the rhetoric surrounding it, suggested that conditions in the stricken territory were about to deteriorate once more.
Asked why he wanted to be president, Kennedy paused at length, appearing stricken.
Lawmakers listened, some with stricken looks on their faces.
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