stricken

see definition of stricken

adjhurt

adjremoved
adjoverwhelmed
adjafflicted

Synonyms for stricken

adj hurt

Antonyms for stricken

unaffected

hurt

adjective. physically or mentally injured

Word Origin & History

1510s, "wounded, affected (by disease, trouble, etc.)," adjective use of archaic past participle of strike (v.). Figurative meaning "overwhelmed with terror, grief, etc." is from 1530s. An earlier development is reflected in 13c. phrase striken in elde "advanced in years," from strike in the sense of "to move, go," hence "far advanced."

Example Sentences for stricken

And Jud, with a stricken look, crossed the floor with trailing feet.

But his well-meant attempt to assuage the stricken creature's wo was futile.

It came to a vote, and it was stricken out, two to one in the vote.

Bohun was speechless for a moment, stricken dumb by a second seizure of fury.

His name was Sabathier, and for fifteen years he had been stricken with ataxia.

Stricken low in her thirteenth year, she had grown no older in mind.

One morning, as he was going downstairs, Orlando was stricken with paralysis.

It argues that if France was stricken with defeat, it was because she deserved punishment.

He was stricken dumb with astonishment on seeing who was in the sleigh.

She could not put into words the memories that beset her stricken consciousness.

stricken

Synonyms for stricken

Antonyms for stricken

hurt

ill-chosen

infelicitous

low

luckless

stricken

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Antonyms for stricken

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hurt

ill-chosen

infelicitous

low

luckless

Synonyms for stricken

afflicted