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stage-stricken

stage-stricken adjective: synonym of stagestruck.

Adjective

stage-stricken (comparative more stage-stricken, superlative most stage-stricken)

  1. (rare) Synonym of stagestruck.
    • [T]hey entertained themselves […] with a recitation by plump little stage-stricken Ensign Puddock, who, in "thpite of hith lithp," gave rather spirited imitations of some of the players—[…]1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Mr. Mervyn in His Inn”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 36
    Synonyms:
    stagestruck

Synonyms of stage-stricken

Forms of stage-stricken

comparativemore stage-stricken
superlativemost stage-stricken

Origin of stage-stricken

From stage + stricken.

Questions about stage-stricken

What does stage-stricken mean?
Stage-stricken means synonym of stagestruck.
What part of speech is stage-stricken?
Stage-stricken is an adjective.

Words near stage-stricken in the dictionary

  1. stage-phoner
  2. stage-phoners
  3. stage-settier
  4. stage-settiest
  5. stage-setty
  6. stage-stricken
  7. stage-whisper
  8. stage-whispered
  9. stage-whispering
  10. stage-whispers
  11. stageability

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