Thunderstricken
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθʌndəɹˌstɹɪkən/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Thunderstricken is a verb meaning past participle of thunderstrike.
Meaning
past participle of thunderstrike.
More Meanings
- Thunderstruck.
Example Sentences
The Doctor was so thunderstricken, that he pocketed the money without uttering a word.
The aghast and thunderstricken philosophers remained gazing at each other for a moment. "
If some tremendous apparition from the world of shadows had suddenly presented itself before him, Ralph Nickleby could not have been more thunder-stricken than he was by this surprise.
At the first shock, no token, in heaven or on earth, had excited attention; but at the sudden movement, and at the aspect of destruction, an overwhelming terror seized on the general mind, insomuch, that the instinct of self-preservation was suspended, and men remained thunderstricken and immoveable.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ythundered, thunderstriking, terrorstruck, stricken, storm-wracked, heartstruck.
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