Phrase Hound found 26 phrases and 14 compound words that contain stricken. The most common are listed below. Open stricken in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 26
- poverty-strickenVery poor.
- grief-strickenVery sad.
- panic-strickenVery frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic.
- awe-strickenAlternative form of awestricken (“awestruck”).
- horror-strickenHorror-struck.
- stricken backpast participle of strike back: To respond to an attack by attacking one's opponent or opponents.
- stricken camppast participle of strike camp: To pack up a campsite and move on.
- stricken downpast participle of strike down: To kill (someone or something); to cause to die suddenly.
- stricken dumbpast participle of strike dumb: To astonish or confound (a person) into silence.
- stricken fearpast participle of strike fear: To terrify; to petrify [with into ‘someone’].
- stricken offpast participle of strike off: To remove from a list or register.
- stricken outpast participle of strike out: To lash out; to strike or hit at someone or something, particularly something in arm's length of the striker and at or near the level of the striker's head.
- stricken throughpast participle of strike through: To partly obliterate text by drawing a continuous line through the centre thereof, usually to indicate the deletion of an error or obsolete information.
- stricken upsimple past and past participle of strike up
- terror-strickenAlternative form of terrorstricken: Stricken with terror; utterly terrified.
- stricken a bargainpast participle of strike a bargain: To enter into a bargain; to agree upon the conditions of a sale or other transaction.
- stricken a blowpast participle of strike a blow: To hit; to successfully land a hit.
- stricken a mediumpast participle of strike a medium: To choose or provide a moderate option between two extremes.
- stricken off strengthpast participle of strike off strength: To discharge or decommission a soldier, animal or vehicle out of the service of the armed forces.
- stricken the colourspast participle of strike the colors: To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.
- stricken one's colorspast participle of strike one's colors: To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.
- stricken one's flagpast participle of strike one's flag: To take down one's national or other representative flag in order to indicate surrender.
- planet-strickenSynonym of planet-struck: Afflicted by the astrological influence of a planet; struck down with amazement or shock; panic-stricken.
- stage-strickenSynonym of stagestruck: Enamored of the theatre, the craft of acting or of actors/actresses.
- stricken a lightpast participle of strike a light: To create a flame (using a match, flint, etc.).
Compound words 14
- thunderstrickenpast participle of thunderstrike: To strike, blast, or injure by, or as if by, lightning.
- terrorstrickenStricken with terror; utterly terrified.
- heartstrickenheartbroken; dismayed
- awestrickenFilled with awe.
- dumbstrickenSynonym of dumbstruck: So shocked as to be unable to speak.
- strickenlyIn a stricken manner.
- strickennessThe state or condition of being stricken.
- sunstrickenAfflicted with sunstroke.
- moonstrickenSynonym of moonstruck (“of a person: Crazy or insane, supposedly due to the influence of the Moon; showing irrational behaviour, especially of a romantic or sentimental nature”).
- panicstrickenAlternative form of panic-stricken: Very frightened, and unable to react sensibly because of panic.