Thunderstruck

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈθʌn.dÉ™.strÊŒk/
• US IPA: /ˈθʌn.dÉš.strÊŒk/

Origin

thunder + struck

Full definition of thunderstruck

Adjective

1. Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
• 1916 — G. K. Chesterton, , chapter IXAnd for days Europe and the great powers were thunderstruck, again and yet again, by the news of Turkish forts falling, Turkish cohorts collapsing, the unconquerable Crescent going down in blood.
• 1927-29 — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, , Part V, The Fast, translated 1940 by'Unless the strikers rally,' I declared to the meeting, 'and continue the strike till a settlement is reached, or till they leave the mills altogether, I will not touch any food.' The labourers were thunderstruck.

Synonyms

• (astonished) amazed, astonished, astounded, awed, overawed, overwhelmed, speechless, stupefied, surprised