Antonyms for stricken
ˈstrɪk ənstrick·en

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1. afflicted, strickenadjective

   grievously affected especially by disease

   Antonyms:
   well, unaffected

   Synonyms:
   struck, laid low(p), afflicted, impaired, smitten

2. smitten, stricken, struckadjective

   (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming

   "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck"

   Antonyms:
   well, unaffected

   Synonyms:
   smitten, taken with(p), laid low(p), soft on(p), infatuated, afflicted, enamored, struck, potty, in love

3. laid low(p), strickenadjective

   put out of action (by illness)

   Antonyms:
   well, unaffected

How to use stricken in a sentence?

1. Resident Hunt Frye:

   People were running from their houses with their pet cats and, you know, everybody was very panic-stricken, the thing that really struck me was the fear in the police officers' face( s) who were trying to kind of get traffic going. They were legitimately scared.

2. Marcel Proust:

   People who are not in love fail to understand how an intelligent man can suffer because of a very ordinary woman. This is like being surprised that anyone should be stricken with cholera because of a creature so insignificant as the comma bacillus.

3. Lewis Mumford:

   A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life.

4. President Obama:

   As we have more information, we'll let the public know, but in the meantime I'd ask all Americans to pray for the families who are grief stricken at this point, and I want everybody to understand we will be thorough and prompt in figuring out exactly what happened.

5. James Wan:

   We were just emotionally stricken by it all and it took me a long time after the initial shock even to think about whether or not I could complete the film.

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