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View usage for: (strɪkən) 1. Stricken is the past participle of some meanings of strike. 2. adjectiveIf a person or place is stricken by something such as an unpleasant feeling, an illness, or a natural disaster, they are severely affected by it. ...a family stricken by genetically inherited cancer. [+ by] Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas. [Also + with]Synonyms: affected, hit, afflicted, struck More Synonyms of stricken Stricken is also a combining form. He was panic-stricken at the thought he might never play again. ...drought-stricken areas. stricken in British English (ˈstrɪkən) adjective1. laid low, as by disease or sickness 2. deeply affected, as by grief, love, etc 3. archaic wounded or injured Derived forms strickenly (ˈstrickenly) adverb Word origin C14: past participle of strikestricken in American English (ˈstrɪkən) verb transitive, verb intransitive adjective2. struck or wounded, as by a missile 3. afflicted or affected, as by something painful or very distressing the stricken man, a stricken conscience 4. having the contents level with the top of a container Examples of 'stricken' in a sentencestricken All related terms of 'stricken'Definition badly affected by disease, pain, grief, etc. Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas.a family stricken by genetically inherited cancer Synonyms hit afflicted struck injured struck down laid low Additional synonymssmitten with yellow fever Synonyms afflicted, struck, beset, laid low, plagued All related terms of 'stricken' |