thunderstricken en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈθʌndəɹˌstɹɪkən/
Etymology
From thunder + stricken.
Meanings
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Thunderstruck.
The Doctor was so thunderstricken, that he pocketed the money without uttering a word.
1831, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram, Complete: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.
1851, anonymous author, The Book of Enterprise and Adventure:The aghast and thunderstricken philosophers remained gazing at each other for a moment. "
1903, Richard Garnett, The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales: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.
1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 54, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 540:1590, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 2, Chapter 2, p. 104, […] I sawe straight, Maiesty (sitting in the throne of Beautie) draw foorth such a sworde of iust disdaine, that I remayned as a man thunder-striken; not daring, no not able, to beholde that power.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most thunderstricken | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more thunderstricken | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |