<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>a past participle of strike</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>hit or wounded by a weapon, missile, or the like</li><li>beset or afflicted, as with disease, trouble, or sorrow: stricken areas; a stricken family</li><li>deeply affected, as with grief, fear, or other emotions</li><li>characterized by or showing the effects of affliction, trouble, misfortune, a mental blow, etc.: stricken features</li></ul>