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- [strik-uh n]
- /ˈstrɪk ən/
- /ˈstrɪk.ən/
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- [strik-uh n]
- /ˈstrɪk ən/
Definitions of stricken word
- verb stricken a past participle of strike. 1
- adjective stricken Military. describing a fighter-bomber aircraft designed to carry large payloads at high speeds and low altitudes and also to engage in air-to-air combat. 1
- verb with object stricken to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit. 1
- verb with object stricken to inflict, deliver, or deal (a blow, stroke, attack, etc.). 1
- verb with object stricken to drive so as to cause impact: to strike the hands together. 1
- verb with object stricken to thrust forcibly: Brutus struck a dagger into the dying Caesar. 1
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Origin of stricken
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; 1768 for def 65; (v.) Middle English striken to stroke, beat, cross out, Old English strīcan to stroke, make level; cognate with German streichen; (noun) Middle English: unit of dry measure (i.e., something leveled off; see strick), derivative of the v.; akin to streak, stroke1
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Parts of speech for Stricken
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stricken popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
stricken usage trend in Literature
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adj stricken
- afflicted — to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously: to be afflicted with arthritis.
- ill-starred — doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
- infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
- low — to utter by or as by lowing.
adjective stricken
- contused — Simple past tense and past participle of contuse.
- deleted — Simple past tense and past participle of delete.
- erased — (of a head or limb) depicted as cut off in a jagged line.
- expunged — Simple past tense and past participle of expunge.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
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