English Explanatory Dictionary

stricken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Struck by something.
  2. Disabled or incapacitated by something.
  3. Having its name removed from a country's naval register, e.g. the United States Naval Vessel Register.
verb
  1. past participle of strike

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹɪkən/ En-us-stricken.ogg

Word forms

stricken more stricken most stricken striken

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.

Derived words

awestricken awe-stricken dumbstricken grief-stricken heartstricken horror-stricken moonstricken panic-stricken planet-stricken poverty-stricken stage-stricken strickenly strickenness sunstricken terrorstricken terror-stricken thunderstricken unstricken
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