thunderstruck
pronunciation
How to pronounce thunderstruck in British English:
UK [ˈθʌndəstrʌk]
How to pronounce thunderstruck in American English:
US [ˈθʌndərstrʌk]
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- Adjective:
- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
Word Origin
- thunderstruck (adj.)
- 1610s, from thunder (n.) + struck. Originally figurative; the literal sense (1630s) always has been rare. Thunder-strike (v.), is a back-formation.
Synonym
Example
- 1. I was thunderstruck when they told me the news .
- 2. Petra : we were all thunderstruck when we heard the news .
- 3. Air france has raised the possibility that the flight was thunderstruck .
- 4. You laugh . But l was thunderstruck .
- 5. His horrifying story thunderstruck all the people in the room .