THUNDERSTRUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thunderstruck mean? 

• THUNDERSTRUCK (adjective)
  The adjective THUNDERSTRUCK has 1 sense:

1. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

  Familiarity information: THUNDERSTRUCK used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THUNDERSTRUCK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

Synonyms:

dumbfounded; dumbstricken; dumbstruck; dumfounded; flabbergasted; stupefied; thunderstruck

Context example:

was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion

Similar:

surprised (taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment)

 Context examples 

I was thunderstruck, for such a thing as a patient getting of his own accord into the Superintendent's study is almost unknown.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I was thunderstruck by my friend’s words.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On January 15, when Venus receives beams from Uranus, if you are a single Scorpio, you may feel thunderstruck when you meet someone whose chemistry matches perfectly with yours, right out of the blue.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I was thunderstruck.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Uranus, the surprise planet, will be in ideal angle to the new moon of February 23, suggesting you may be thunderstruck by a positive, surprise career development that will cause the industry you work in to perceive you in an entirely new light.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)