thunderstruck : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thunderstruck	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for thunderstruck
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): dumbfounded, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck, dumbstruck, dumbstricken
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle. drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.