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stricken
adjective
1 stricken
Grievously affected especially by disease.
synonym: afflicted.
Roget 828:
in pain,
in a state of pain,
full of pain
etc.
n.;
suffering
etc.
v.;
pained,
afflicted,
worried,
displeased
etc.
830;
aching,
griped,
sore
etc.
(physical pain)
378;
on the rack,
in limbo;
between hawk and buzzard.
uncomfortable,
uneasy;
ill at ease;
in a taking,
in a way;
disturbed;
discontented
etc.
832;
out of humor
etc.
901.1;
weary
etc.
841.
heavy laden,
stricken,
crushed,
a prey to,
victimized,
ill-used.
unfortunate
etc.
(hapless)
735;
to be pitied,
doomed,
devoted,
accursed,
undone,
lost,
stranded;
fey.
unhappy,
infelicitous,
poor,
wretched,
miserable,
woe-begone;
cheerless
etc.
(dejected)
837;
careworn.
concerned,
sorry;
sorrowing,
sorrowful;
cut up,
chagrined,
horrified,
horror-stricken;
in grief,
plunged in grief,
a prey to grief
etc.
n.;
in tears
etc.
(lamenting)
839;
steeped to the lips in misery;
heart-stricken,
heart-broken,
heart-scalded;
broken-hearted;
in despair
etc.
859.
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2 stricken
used in combination Affected by something overwhelming.
synonyms: smitten, struck.
3 stricken
Put out of action (by illness).
synonym: laid low.
Moby thesaurus: affected, agonized, broken, broken-down, brokenhearted, crushed, cut up, dashed, deep-troubled, demoralized, desolate, desolated, devoured by, disconsolate, grief-stricken, heart-stricken, heart-struck, heartbroken, heartsick, imbued with, impressed, impressed with, inundated, miserable, moved, neurasthenic, obsessed, obsessed by, overcome, overwhelmed, penetrated with, prostrate, prostrated, racked, reduced to jelly, seized with, shaken, shot, shot to pieces, suicidal, torn, tortured, touched, undone, unglued, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, upset, woebegone, woeful, wracked, wretched ... show more.
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