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thunderstruck::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, dumfounded, flabbergasted, stupefied |
was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
Examples of thunderstruck
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We were the ones who were thunderstruck when people power simply brushed it aside.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The day the news spread, the entire circus scene was left deflated, thunderstruck.
From the news-journalonline.com
Subsequently, Wodehouse was thunderstruck that anyone saw anything wrong with this.
From the gordoncampbell.scoop.co.nz
People spoke of feeling thunderstruck, overwhelmed, spellbound, transformed.
From the guardian.co.uk
So why are so many Catholic faithful thunderstruck by Benedict's retirement?
From the freep.com
They watch thunderstruck as pumice falls from the sky like an otherworldly snowstorm.
From the time.com
In an upstairs suite, the state's usually boisterous Republican leaders were thunderstruck.
From the time.com
I was thunderstruck by the depressing health condition of America.
From the ocregister.com
Critics and industry watchers were thunderstruck by the show's high-gloss look, tone and storytelling.
From the latimes.com
- Dumbfounded: 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"
- Thunderstruck is a 2004 movie starring Stephen Curry (Ben), Damon Gameau (Sonny), Ryan Johnson (Lloyd), Callan Mulvey (Sam), and Sam Worthington (Rohnie). The title of the movie was taken from the AC/DC song of the same name.
- "Thunderstruck" is the first song on the 1990 AC/DC album The Razors Edge.
- Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak
