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stricken Definition


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stricken
adj
    1. Deeply affected, especially by grief, sorrow, panic, etc.
      Example: horror-stricken
    2. Afflicted by or suffering from disease, sickness, injury, etc.
      Example: a typhoid-stricken community
      Thesaurus: hurt, wounded, injured, harmed, smitten, struck, afflicted, hit; Antonym: unaffected.
Etymology: 17c; 14c as the past participle of strike.



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