- stricken⇄adj. 1. hit, wounded, or affected (by a weapon, disease, trouble, sorrow, disaster, or the like).
Ex. a stricken deer, a city stricken by fire, a sorrow-stricken face, a poverty-stricken family. The stricken man was taken immediately to a hospital. - stricken⇄expr. stricken in years, old.
Ex. He was stricken in years long before his time. - stricken⇄stricken, adjective, verb.