Thunderstruck

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck};
     p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Thunderstriking}.]
     1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]
        --Sir P. Sidney.
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     2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;
        -- rarely used except in the past participle.
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              drove before him, thunderstruck.      --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thunderstruck
       adj : as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle
             of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having
             seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were
             speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
             promotion" [syn: {dumbfounded}, {dumfounded}, {flabbergasted},
              {stupefied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "thunderstruck":
     agape, aghast, agog, all agog, amazed, astonished, astounded,
     at gaze, awed, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched,
     breathless, captivated, confounded, dazed, dismayed, dumbfounded,
     dumbstruck, enchanted, enraptured, enravished, enthralled,
     entranced, fascinated, flabbergasted, floored, gaping, gauping,
     gazing, hypnotized, in awe, in awe of, lost in wonder, marveling,
     mesmerized, nonplussed, numb, open-eyed, openmouthed, overwhelmed,
     popeyed, puzzled, rapt in wonder, shocked, speechless, spellbound,
     staggered, staring, stunned, stupefied, surprised, taken aback,
     under a charm, wide-eyed, wonder-struck, wondering