stricken
pronunciation
How to pronounce stricken in British English:
UK [ˈstrɪkən]
How to pronounce stricken in American English:
US [ˈstrɪkən]
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- Adjective:
- grievously affected especially by disease
- (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
- put out of action (by illness)
Word Origin
- stricken (adj.)
- 1510s, "wounded, affected (by disease, trouble, etc.)," adjective use of archaic past participle of strike (v.). Figurative meaning "overwhelmed with terror, grief, etc." is from 1530s. An earlier development is reflected in 13c. phrase striken in elde "advanced in years," from strike in the sense of "to move, go," hence "far advanced."
Example
- 1. Western banks had lent recklessly in foreign currency to firms and households stricken by the downturn .
- 2. In response to concerns about the a380 , rolls-royce made arrangements to cannibalise several half-built superjumbos on production lines to obtain more than a dozen new engines to help its stricken airline customers such as qantas .
- 3. Although the initiative calmed market worries about banks , it did not tackle the other major faultline in the eurozone : the widening differential in borrowing costs between stricken debtor countries ( greece , spain , italy , cyprus ) and creditor countries led by germany .