Associations to the word «Thunderstruck»

Wiktionary

THUNDERSTRUCK, adjective. Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.

Dictionary definition

THUNDERSTRUCK, adjective. As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats