stricken

«stricken» in Mova's school dictionary: Badly affected by something bad, such as illness, sadness… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (stricken); old past participle of the verb strike

meaning for a pupil

1) Badly affected by something bad, such as illness, sadness or disaster: a stricken ship, a grief-stricken family. tree →

2) Showing great shock or pain: a stricken face. tree →

3) (in compounds) panic-stricken, terror-stricken, poverty-stricken, grief-stricken. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in news and stories about disasters and strong feelings: the stricken town after the earthquake, a stricken look. Compounds tell the reader what caused the suffering. Toad is «panic-stricken» when he thinks the police are coming.

examples

• Rescue boats went out to the stricken ship. tree →
• The grief-stricken family held each other. tree →
• Toad was panic-stricken at the sound of the police. tree →
• Aid was sent to the flood-stricken villages. tree →
• She gave him a stricken look. tree →
• The poverty-stricken children had no shoes. tree →
• The stricken plane landed safely. tree →
• Our poor man was stricken with fear and threw himself on the ground. tree →

note

Today the normal past form of strike is «struck»; «stricken» survives mostly as an adjective. «Struck by lightning», but «panic-stricken».

In the corpora

• And Abraham was old, well stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
• NOW KING David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he could get no heat.
• On what part will ye yet be stricken, seeing ye stray away more and more?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stricken» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.