stricken
stricken — adjective
- strickenpositive
- more strickencomparative
- most strickensuperlative
1. badly hurt or deeply troubled by something painful — such as illness, great sadn
badly hurt or deeply troubled by something painful — such as illness, great sadness, or a very difficult situation.
Yumi was stricken with grief after her cat disappeared last winter.
stricken with + grief
The poverty-stricken village relied on a single well for drinking water.
compound form: poverty-stricken
Daniel felt stricken by guilt when he forgot his daughter's birthday.
Renata looked stricken as she read the news about the landslide.
An entire district lay stricken after the hurricane tore through the coast.
- afflicted
more formal; often used for ongoing medical or religious suffering
- devastated
stronger — suggests near-total emotional destruction
- wracked
focuses on physical pain; almost always 'wracked with pain/guilt'
- anguished
specifically about visible or expressed deep mental suffering
- unaffected
not touched by the trouble or pain
- untouched
emotionally unchanged by difficult events
文法句型
[noun]-stricken
stricken with + emotion/disease
stricken by + disaster/misfortune
用法筆記
Often used in hyphenated compounds with a noun naming the cause of suffering: grief-stricken, poverty-stricken, panic-stricken, terror-stricken.
常見錯誤
2. unable to carry on with normal life or everyday activities, especially because o
unable to carry on with normal life or everyday activities, especially because of illness.
Jude was stricken with malaria and could not walk for two weeks.
stricken with + malaria
The goalkeeper lay stricken on the pitch after the collision.
lay stricken
Arjun has been stricken with a rare virus since the monsoon began.
Nadia's father fell stricken during the wedding and was rushed to hospital.
Half the crew were stricken below deck, too weak to even speak.
- incapacitated
more clinical or legal; often implies long-term inability
- laid low
informal everyday idiom for the same idea
- disabled
broader — can be permanent, not just sudden or temporary
- paralysed
more specific; suggests complete loss of ability to move
文法句型
be stricken with + illness
lay stricken
fall stricken
用法筆記
Subject is typically a person who has suddenly become unable to function. Frequently used with verbs like 'lay', 'fall', or 'be'.