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/ˈplanɪtstɹʌk/ · adjective
(archaic) Afflicted by the astrological influence of a planet; struck down with amazement or shock; panic-stricken..
[N]early a hundred officers all with their swords on […] had been drawn to the court-house in the hopes of entertainment from hearing Cressey abuse the judges, but who seemed quite planet-struck when the riot commenced, and more frightened than any other of the spectators!
Budæus records how that, at Louis the Twelfth his death, ..., they that were erst in heaven, upon a sudden, as if they had been planet-strucken, lay grovelling on the ground ...
I protest I know not what Face the Moon bore at that time, but I am sure I appear'd like one Planet-struck, and retir'd, more fit indeed for a Grave than a Mistress.
I was planet-struck! Nor was his surprise less, when he saw me, and heard my errand and my name.
To be thus ‘planet-struck’ or ‘blasted’ was to be suddenly and inexplicably affected by a paralysing disease, apoplexy or other kind of sudden death.
Use planet-struck when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Planet-struck means (archaic) Afflicted by the astrological influence of a planet; struck down with amazement or shock; panic-stricken..
Common synonyms include planet-stricken.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[N]early a hundred officers all with their swords on […] had been drawn to the court-house in the hopes of entertainment from hearing Cressey abuse the judges, but who seemed quite planet-struck when the riot commenced, and more frightened than any other of the spectators!
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