1. seriously affected by or suffering from an illness, emotion, or undesirable condition
2. overcome with grief, fear, or other strong emotion

Examples

• The drought-stricken region desperately needed rain.
• She was stricken with a rare disease at age thirty.
• The poverty-stricken family struggled to make ends meet.
• He was stricken with grief after losing his father.
• The hurricane left many communities stricken and without power.
• She looked stricken when she heard the terrible news.
• The famine-stricken country received international aid.