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thunderstruck

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13 lettersPronunciation /ˈθʌn.də.stɹʌk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cdehknrrsttuuStarts with TEnds with K0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise

Word origin

From thunder + struck. Compare synonymous and cognate Latin attonitus. Also compare typologically Ancient Greek ἐμβρόντητος (embróntētos) (< βροντή (brontḗ)) (whence Greek εμβρόντητος (emvróntitos)); Czech ohromený (< ohromit), Bulgarian като ударен от гръм (kato udaren ot grǎm), Russian как гро́мом поражённый (kak grómom poražónnyj) (akin to гром (grom)). See also German wie vom Donner gerührt.

Used in a sentence

  • The overthrown he rais’d, and as a Heard Of Goats or timerous flock together throngd Drove them before him Thunder-struck,
  • Tarzan was thunderstruck, but in an instant he realized a part of the truth.
  • 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.

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