STRICKEN


Meaning of STRICKEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ strɪkən ]

1.

Stricken is the past participle of some meanings of strike .

2.

If a person or place is stricken by something such as an unpleasant feeling, an illness, or a natural disaster, they are severely affected by it.

...a family stricken by genetically inherited cancer...

Foreign aid workers will not be allowed into the stricken areas.

ADJ : oft ADJ by/with n

Stricken is also a combining form.

He was panic-stricken at the thought he might never play again.

...drought-stricken areas.

COMB in ADJ

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