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STRICKEN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
Example:
awe-struck
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
affected (acted upon; influenced)
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Grievously affected especially by disease
Synonyms:
afflicted; stricken
Classified under:
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Put out of action (by illness)
Synonyms:
laid low; stricken
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
ill; sick (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past participle of the verb strike
Context examples:
I was so terror-stricken by this fight in the dark that I leaned against the ladder, trembling and unable to ascend.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Then, with a sudden impulse, they all rushed in a howling crowd to the trees for shelter, leaving the ground behind them spotted with their stricken comrades.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He went about like one who walks in his sleep, with horror-stricken eyes.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Following the April 25 earthquake in Nepal, two prototype FINDER devices were deployed to support search and rescue teams in the stricken areas.
(DHS and NASA Technology Helps Save Four in Nepal Earthquake Disaster, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
"Gosh!" said Matt in an awe-stricken voice.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
There was a young lady with her—comparatively stricken in years—almost twenty, I should say.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“By my hilt!” said the old bowman, “I never thought to lead a wing in a stricken field. Stand close, camarades, for, by these finger-bones! we must play the man this day.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"She's not a stricken deer anyway," said Ned, trying to be witty, and succeeding as well as very young gentlemen usually do.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The rabbit could not turn, and as the white teeth broke its back in mid air it shrieked as loudly as a stricken man may shriek.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The unseen ferry-boat was blowing blast after blast, and the mouth-blown horn was tooting in terror-stricken fashion.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
