stricken

American  

[strik-uhn] / ˈstrɪk ən /

verb

1. a past participle of strike.

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adjective

1. hit or wounded by a weapon, missile, or the like.

2. beset or afflicted, as with disease, trouble, or sorrow.

   stricken areas; a stricken family.

3. deeply affected, as with grief, fear, or other emotions.

4. characterized by or showing the effects of affliction, trouble, misfortune, a mental blow, etc..

   stricken features.

stricken British  

/ ˈstrɪkən /

adjective

1. laid low, as by disease or sickness

2. deeply affected, as by grief, love, etc

3. archaic wounded or injured

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Other Word Forms

• strickenly adverb
• unstricken adjective

Etymology

Origin of stricken

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

"There was some expectation that we'd get another guitar player and just get out there and tour, but we couldn't. We couldn't do that. We were just stunned and grief stricken."

From BBC

Representatives of nearly 40 organizations in cities across the country have reached out to him for advice on how similar programs might work in their stricken neighborhoods.

From Los Angeles Times

Filipino sailor George Miranda was racing to help a stricken vessel aboard the tugboat Mussafah 2 when he last spoke to his wife and young daughter.

From Barron's

Years later, Lou shook with tears and reached for his son’s hand in his own mother’s hospital room as she lay stricken with illness.

From The Wall Street Journal

We are good German children who have been stricken with a mysterious ailment.

From Literature

Related Words

• harmed