stricken

[US]/'strɪk(ə)n/
[UK]/'strɪkən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. affected by a disaster, damaged; suffering severe pain or distress.

Phrases & Collocations

stricken with grief

stricken with fear

stricken by illness

stricken by poverty

stricken with guilt

stricken by tragedy

stricken with sorrow

stricken by disaster

Example Sentences

be stricken with poverty

be stricken with fever

was stricken with cancer.

a stricken measure of rice

a stricken measure of flour.

Raymond was stricken with grief .

he could be stricken off with doleful consequences.

he was stricken with the dread disease and died.

thousands of poverty-stricken people.

the pilot landed the stricken aircraft.

relieve the people in flood-stricken area

drought-stricken farmers at the end of their tether.

She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.

fly emergency supplies to a stricken area.

she was still conscience-stricken over her outburst.

There was a stampede of panic-stricken crowd from the burning hotel.

Thousands of panick-stricken residents slept on the streets.

They have issued the calamity-stricken people with food.

Real-world Examples

Was she just that stricken with grief?

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

Their complexity is growing as more countries are stricken by covid19.

Source: Soren course audio

" Oh dear! " said Hermione, looking stricken.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Tear stricken my abductors give themselves up.

Source: Woody's Stand-up Comedy Highlights

More recently, nature has stricken the region with hurricanes.

Source: Past years' college entrance examination listening comprehension (local papers)

And in 1524, Huayna Capac was stricken by fever.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

He looked helplessly at Hermione, whose face was stricken.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

In class, you're stricken with panic.

Source: Vox opinion

" There's nothing you can do! " said Hermione, looking stricken.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

We take a journey across the stricken island of Leyte.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2013

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