thunderstruck

[thuhn-der-struhk] / ˈθʌn dərˌstrʌk /

ADJECTIVE

amazed, astonished

Synonyms

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agape aghast astounded awestruck bowled over confounded dazed dismayed dumbfounded flabbergasted floored overwhelmed petrified shocked staggered startled stunned

Example Sentences

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Twenty years later, they chance upon it again and are thunderstruck by its genius.

From New York Times

I am thunderstruck by the human care of these last lines.

From New York Times

What had me thunderstruck, though, was not the life of that fish but its death.

From Washington Post

“She just looks thunderstruck when she wins,” says “The Wife” novelist Meg Wolitzer.

From Washington Post

I was thunderstruck by their necessity — and their implications.

From Nature