thunderstruck

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθʌn.də.stɹʌk/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈθʌn.dɚ.stɹʌk/ === Adjective === thunderstruck (comparative more thunderstruck, superlative most thunderstruck) Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak. 1927-29 — Mohandas Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, Part V, The Fast, translated 1940 by 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 ==== (astonished): amazed, astonished, astounded, awed, overawed, overwhelmed, speechless, stupefied, surprised ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== thunderstrike thunderstriking