WORD OF THE DAY: Thunderstruck

Posted on October 25, 2016 ·
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\THUHN-der-struhk\
adjective
1. overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.
2. Archaic. struck by a thunderbolt.
Quotes
He seemed awed,—stunned,—crushed. He had all the bearing and mien of one who, having defiantly predicted a calamity, was thunderstruck by the verification of his prophecy.
— Charles King, From the Ranks, 1887
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