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- Dictionarystrick·en/ˈstrikən/
verb
- 1. past participle of strike
adjective
- 1. seriously affected by an undesirable condition or unpleasant feeling: "the pilot landed the stricken aircraft"
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The meaning of STRICKEN is afflicted or overwhelmed by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow. How to use stricken in a sentence.
STRICKEN definition: 1. suffering severely from the effects of something unpleasant: 2. suffering severely from the…. Learn more.
If 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 ]
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. / ˈstrɪkən /.
Stricken means "overwhelmed by emotion." When you saw the pretty new girl at school smiling at you, you were so stricken you walked right into a wall.
stricken. adjective. /ˈstrɪkən/. /ˈstrɪkən/. (formal) seriously affected by an unpleasant feeling or disease or by a difficult situation. She raised her stricken face and begged for help. We went to the aid of the stricken boat. stricken with/by something Whole villages were stricken with the disease.
1. Struck or wounded, as by a projectile. 2. a. Affected by something overwhelming, such as disease, trouble, or painful emotion. b. Incapacitated; disabled. 3. Having the contents made even with the top of a measuring device or container; level: a stricken measure of flour.
