Stricken means "overwhelmed by emotion." When you saw the pretty new girl at school smiling at you, you were so stricken you walked right into a wall.
Struck; smitten; wounded;
Adjective S.
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck"
Adjective S.
grievously affected especially by disease
Adjective S.
put out of action (by illness)
p. p. & a.
Struck; smitten; wounded; as, the stricken deer.
n.
Worn out; far gone; advanced. See Strike, v. t., 21.
v. t.
Whole; entire; -- said of the hour as marked by the
striking of a clock.
of Strike
Stricken
Abraham was old and well stricken in age.3.
He persevered for a stricken hour in such a torrent of unnecessary tattle.
Speeches are spoken by the stricken hour, day after day, week, perhaps, after week.
Struck; smitten; wounded;
Usage Examples
A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.
Do you suppose there is any living man so unreasonable that if he found himself stricken with a dangerous ailment he would not anxiously desire to regain the blessing of health?
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Other Usage ExamplesI believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer.
Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind.
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