stricken

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈstɹɪkən/ See IPA manual

Freq #19436

Meanings

1

adj
Seriously affected by something bad such as illness or disaster.

The town was stricken by a devastating earthquake.
2

adj
Suddenly overwhelmed by a strong feeling.

She stood there, stricken with grief at the news.
3

verb
Past participle of strike.

The match had to be stricken from the record.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · seriously affected by... afflicted

2 adj · suddenly overwhelmed by a... smitten

Word family

Derived forms awe-strickenawestrickendumbstrickengrief-strickenheartstrickenhorror-strickenmoonstrickenpanic-strickenplanet-strickenpoverty-strickenstage-strickenstrickenly

Etymology

From Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-West Germanic *strikan, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to strike”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen.

striken Middle English stricen Old English *strikan Proto-West Germanic *strikanaz Proto-Germanic *strīkaną Proto-Germanic

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# stricken

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈstɹɪkən/
**Frequency rank:** 19436

## Meanings
1. Seriously affected by something bad such as illness or disaster.
2. Suddenly overwhelmed by a strong feeling.
3. Past participle of strike.

## Examples
- The town was stricken by a devastating earthquake.
- She stood there, stricken with grief at the news.
- The match had to be stricken from the record.

## Derived Forms
- awe-stricken
- awestricken
- dumbstricken
- grief-stricken
- heartstricken
- horror-stricken
- moonstricken
- panic-stricken
- planet-stricken
- poverty-stricken
- stage-stricken
- strickenly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: striken
- Root: stricen
- Root: *strikan
- Root: *strikanaz
- Root: *strīkaną

## Etymology
From Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-West Germanic *strikan, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to strike”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen.

## AI Etymology
Stricken is from Middle English striken, ystriken, from Old English stricen, ġestricen, from Proto-West Germanic *strikan, from Proto-Germanic *strikanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *strīkaną (“to strike”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian strieken, Dutch gestreken, German Low German streken, German gestrichen. In present-day use, it can mean seriously affected by something bad such as illness or disaster, or suddenly overwhelmed by a strong feeling.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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