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stricken

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strick·en  (strkn)
v.
A past participle of strike.
adj.
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.

stricken [ˈstrɪkən]
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) laid low, as by disease or sickness
2. deeply affected, as by grief, love, etc.
3. (Medicine / Pathology) Archaic wounded or injured
[past participle of strike]
strickenly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.stricken - grievously affected especially by diseasestricken - grievously affected especially by disease
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
2.stricken - (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck"
combining form - a bound form used only in compounds; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
affected - acted upon; influenced
3.stricken - put out of action (by illness)
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

stricken
adjective affected, hit, afflicted, struck, injured, struck down, smitten, laid low Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas. a family stricken by genetically inherited cancer
Translations
stricken [ˈstrɪkən]
A. (o.f.) PP of strike
B. ADJ
1. (= distressed, upset) → afligido, acongojado
to be stricken withestar afligido por
to be stricken with griefestar agobiado por el dolor
she was stricken with remorsele remordía la conciencia
2. (= damaged) [ship etc] → destrozado, dañado; (= wounded) → herido; (= ill) → enfermo; (= suffering) → afligido; (= doomed) → condenado
the stricken familieslas familias afligidas
the stricken cityla ciudad condenada, la ciudad destrozada

stricken [ˈstrɪkən] adj [face, voice] → très éprouvé(e); [area] → dévasté(e); [ship, boat] → très endommagé(e)
to be stricken with, to be stricken by [person] (fear)être en proie à; (illness, grief)être frappé(e) par
to be stricken with, to be stricken by [city, area] (drought, famine, disease)être frappé(e) par

stricken (old) ptp of strike
adj (liter: = wounded) → verwundet; (= afflicted)leidgeprüft, schwer geprüft; (with grief) → schmerzerfüllt, gramgebeugt (liter); (= ill)leidend (geh); ship, planein Not; (= horrified) personwie vom Blitz getroffen or vom Donner gerührt; expressionniedergeschlagen; stricken with guilt/fear etcvon Schuld/Angst etc erfüllt, von Angst ergriffen; stricken in yearshochbetagt (geh); to be stricken by or with illnessleidend sein (geh); to be stricken with blindnessmit Blindheit geschlagen sein (geh); to be stricken by drought/faminevon Dürre/Hungersnot geplagt or heimgesucht werden

stricken [ˈstrɪkn]
1. (old) pp of strike
2. adj (distressed, upset) → colpito/a; (wounded) → ferito/a; (damaged, ship) → in avaria; (city) → colpito/a
grief stricken → affranto/a
she was stricken with remorse → fu presa dal rimorso

stricken
adj stricken [ˈstrikən]
deeply affected, overwhelmed or afflicted In his youth he was stricken with a crippling disease; grief-stricken parents; panic-stricken crowds. oorweldig مَضْروب ، مُصاب поразен zasažený; sklíčený; posedlý ramt; -ramt; ; slagen; -slagen (schwer) betroffen που έχει πληγεί, χτυπημένος afligido, acongojado (millegi all) kannatav, (millestki) löödud گرفتار vaivaama, lamauttama atteint/frappé (par) מוּכֶּה से अक्रान्त, से पीड़ित, घायत, मरा हुआ ranjen, pogođen vmi által sújtott terkena sleginn colpito 傷ついた (~을) 당한 ištiktas, užkluptas, apimtas panikas pārņemts terkena getroffen rammet; hjemsøkt dotknięty atingido cuprins/lovit (de) поражённый postihnutý; skľúčený; posadnutý prizadet pogođen drabbad, hårt prövad, []slagen ได้รับความเดือดร้อน uğramış, tutulmuş 受...折磨的 уражений, розбитий کی زد میں bị tác động mạnh ...


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The stricken horse upon which the lion leaped shrieked out its terror and its agony.
No more -- no more -- no more --(Such language holds the solemn sea To the sands upon the shore) Shall bloom the thunder0blasted tree, Or the stricken eagle soar!
He had scarcely ceased, ere the huge creature, stricken dead, dropped headlong, turning over and over in space as he fell.
 
 
 
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