Vocabulary
Stricken
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
seriously affected by an undesirable condition or unpleasant feeling.
Urdu meaning
تباہ حال، مارنا، پیٹنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- CROSS Pakistan from the floodplains of Punjab to the heat-stricken cities of Sindh the climate crisis is taking a quiet, deadly toll.
- Not undertaking these reforms is akin to opting for a miserable, chaotic, poverty-stricken, and insecure future.
- It, however, is sad to note that in spite of spending billions on food subsidies and Ramazan bazaars every year, no province has been able to evolve a durable mechanism to support the low-income, inflation-stricken households.
- It, however, is sad to note that in spite of spending billions on food subsidies and Ramazan bazaars every year, no province has been able to evolve a durable mechanism to support the low-income, inflation-stricken households.
- One shudders to see crisis-stricken Pakistan picking up the discredited IMF model, which has led to the dilution of democracy in India and elsewhere.
Synonyms
troubled, deeply affected, affected, struck, afflicted, hit, wounded, injured,
Curator example
“the pilot landed the stricken aircraft”
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