was wotd|2007|December|10
English
Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�θ�n.d�.str�k/
a|US IPA|/�θ�n.d�.str�k/
audio|en-us-thunderstruck.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
term|thunder + term|strike|struck
Adjective
en-adj
- astonished|Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
Quotations
1916 � w:G. K. Chesterton|G. K. Chesterton, s:The Crimes of England|The Crimes of England, chapter IX
:And 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 � w:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi, s:An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth|An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Part V, The Fast, translated 1940 by w:Mahadev Desai|Mahadev Desai
:'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
sense|astonished amazed, astonished, astounded, awed, overawed, overwhelmed, speechless, stupefied, surprised
Translations
trans-top|astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak
French: stupéfié
German: wie vom Donner gerührt
trans-mid
Norwegian: lamslått
Spanish: estupefacto
trans-bottom
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