stricken

Speech parts

1. stricken - Noun

2. stricken - Adjective

3. stricken - Verb

5. stricken - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.

Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.

Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the striking of a clock.

of Strike

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

struck afflicted smitten hit suffering wounded injured sick troubled distressed pained overwhelmed in pain laid low taken
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Antonyms

dauntless accepted unruffled agreed composed advanced
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Phrases with the word

be terror-stricken heart-stricken be conscience-stricken be stricken with poverty-stricken man be grief-stricken

Examples

So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, 'With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.' Aeschylus

During my lifetime, America has been constantly waging war against much of humanity: impoverished people mostly, in stricken places. John Pilger

Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health? Petrarch

But all this language gotten, and augmented by Adam and his posterity, was again lost at the tower of Babel, when by the hand of God, every man was stricken for his rebellion, with an oblivion of his former language. Thomas Hobbes

He who is stricken knows how to defend himself. Kikuyu Proverb

There are more men threatened than stricken. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

strich Strichen strick stricken area stricken countries stricken in years