adj
Freq #55805
Meanings
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adj
so astonished or shocked that one is temporarily unable to react or speak
She was thunderstruck by the news that the missing manuscript had been found.
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Etymology
A compound of thunder + struck. The figurative image is of a person stunned as though physically struck by a thunderbolt; compare Latin attonitus, which likewise developed from "thunderstruck" to "astonished."