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adjective

Definition of thunderstrucknext
as in stunned
affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise the teen was thunderstruck when his parents told him he had been adopted

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thunderstruck

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verb

past tense of thunderstrike
as in amazed
to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected everyone was thunderstruck when she quit her job without warning

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderstruck
  1. stunned
  2. amazed
  3. shocked
  4. astonished
  5. surprised
  6. dumbstruck
Verb
  • Time ran out, and Bears players stood in the middle of the field stunned.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The reality is that the region is stunned by what happened.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of stunned
Adjective
  • My father would have been amazed, because my father didn't make speeches.
    TIME Staff, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the ongoing mystery of the items' purpose, Slack was amazed by the response online.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of amazed
Adjective
  • Steffens — who looked shocked — said while smiling widely.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Binoche is the more unabashedly open of the two; at times, Fiennes seems shocked and sweetly shy in response to her candor.
    Rachel Handler, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of shocked
Verb
  • After the clip of the Christmas tree being raised from the basement went viral, the feat of engineering certainly astonished millions of internet users.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Their swift move into the capital astonished citizens and the rest of the world.
    Antoinette Radford, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of astonished
Adjective
  • Lemon, who caught at least six passes in four of USC’s last eight games, wasn’t surprised to see Robinson and Hudson in the portal.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But don’t be surprised if his next chapter includes skyrocketing to another stratosphere of super stardom, both figuratively and literally.
    Jon Youshaei, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of surprised
Adjective
  • The parents at this kind of show, of course, are less dumbstruck than the kids: The card is not floating but instead swinging on some string.
    Joseph Vukov, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
  • Maher, as Earle-Sears outlined the sins of story hour, was equally dumbstruck.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 27 June 2021
Definition of dumbstruck
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