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

Maduro was at his side the rest of the way: serving in congress, then as foreign minister and vice president before Chávez, stricken with cancer, anointed him successor in 2013.

From The Wall Street Journal

A clear timeline for recovering the other stricken boats has yet to emerge.

From BBC

A major incident has been declared over what police have called a sinkhole at a canal in Shropshire, leaving boats either stricken in a gaping cavity or teetering on the edge of a drop.

From BBC

Stopping at the "twisted" frame of his bike to grab some medical supplies, Mr Vernon began triaging the stricken fans in the road, including some still trapped under the Ford Galaxy.

From BBC

When Bell spotted his father, three grandparents and mother’s brother waiting outside his school, he appeared stricken and told them, “You guys are going to get me in trouble,” relatives recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• harmed