stricken
/ˈstrɪk(ə)n
/verb
North American or archaic past participle of strike.
adjective
1Seriously affected by an undesirable condition or unpleasant feeling: the pilot landed the stricken aircraft Raymond was stricken with grief [in combination]: the farms were drought-stricken...
- The pressure of school tests is forcing children stricken with serious infections into school to sit exams.
- God, whose plan is ineffable, foreordained that the heart of Jesus would be stricken with seven afflictions.
- She was stricken with immense pain and she immediately covered the injured optic orb with her hands.
Synonyms
troubled, affected, deeply affected, afflicted, struck, hit, injured, wounded
1.1(Of a person’s face or look) showing great distress: she looked at Anne’s stricken face, contorted with worry...
- The stricken look on his face tells us that the narcissist has no answer and never will.
- Instead, I took one look at your stricken face and ran all the way to Piccadilly Circus.
- Less than a full hour into my set, the club owner burst into the DJ booth, a stricken look on his face.
Phrases
stricken in years
Rhymes
- post-apocalyptic
- post-apostolic
- post-Armistice
- post-article
- postarytenoid
- postauditory
- postauricular
- postaxial
- postaxially
- postbag
- post bail
- post-Bang
- postbase
- post-bellum
- post bill
- postbiological
- post bird
- post-Bloomfieldian
- post-board
- post-boarding
- post-boat
- post-boomer
- postbox
- post boy
- postbrachial