[ adj ] as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise <adj.all> a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accidentthe flabbergasted aldermen were speechless was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion
Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck}; p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thunderstriking}.] 1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney.
2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.
Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. {Thunderstruck}; p. p. {Thunderstruck}, {-strucken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Thunderstriking}.] 1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.] --Sir P. Sidney.
2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.
The automobile accident injured Caroline's younger sister, Princess Stephanie, and left Prince Rainier emotionally thunderstruck.
"They seemed thunderstruck when they heard the ruling," one witness told The Associated Press.
Mrs. Dukakis said she was "thunderstruck" on learning that the couple she and her younger sister, Jinny, knew as their grandparents were her mother's adoptive parents.