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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope