thunderstruck

[ thuhn-der-struhk ]

adjective

1. overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded:

   He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.

   Synonyms: overcome

2. Archaic. struck struck by a thunderbolt.

thunderstruck

/ ˈθʌndəˌstrɪkən; ˈθʌndəˌstrʌk /

adjective

1. completely taken aback; amazed or shocked
2. rare.
   struck by lightning

Word History and Origins

Origin of thunderstruck¹

First recorded in 1605–15; thunder + struck

Example Sentences

New York University was not thunderstruck by the news that Sir Harold Acton had left the school his estate when he died in 1994.

From The Daily Beast

Mrs. Ducksmith, who had sat with overwhelmed head in her hands, started bolt upright, and looked at him like one thunderstruck.

From Project Gutenberg

They seemed confounded and thunderstruck by their sentence, and the painful accessories of its publicity.

From Project Gutenberg

Howell Gruffydd, who had been as thunderstruck as the rest of them, now affected to take a jocular view of the matter.

From Project Gutenberg

When I got ready to put up my location notice, I was thunderstruck to find that I had lost my bundle of blanks.

From Project Gutenberg

Of them all Frank Merriwell was the only one who did not seem thunderstruck.

From Project Gutenberg