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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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