thunderstrickenadj.
/ˈθʌndəˌstrɪk(ə)n/ 1. literal. = thunderstruck adj. 1.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > damaged > struck by lightning
thundered1600
thunder-blasted1614
thunderstruck1638
thunderstricken1652
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 310 Upon the Statue of Augustus there was inscribed Caesar: now it being thunder-striken,..the letter C was thereby blotted out.
1818 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto IV lxxxviii. 47 Thou, the thunder-stricken nurse of Rome! She-wolf.
1845 G. Murray Islaford 37 A thunder~stricken corse was found.
2. figurative. = thunderstruck adj. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective]
forglopnedc1175
dumb1388
astoniedc1400
unprepared1563
thunderstrickena1586
stonished1595
startled?1611
thunderstruck1613
dump1616
admired1684
dumbfounded1815
capped1862
surprised1882
dumbfoundered1883
staggered1911
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective]
awonder1154
wonderfulc1380
astoniedc1400
marvelling?a1425
amazed1548
admirative1582
thunderstrickena1586
wondering1592
stonished1595
thunderstruck1613
dump1616
rapt1621
admired1684
astonished1716
breathless1768
unbreathing1789
agazed1803
astounded1810
obfuscated1822
struck with thunder1823
surprised1882
zapped1962
mind-blown1967
gob-struck1985
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xii. sig. Pp3v She..stood as it were thunder-striken with amazement.
1780 Mrs. Thrale Let. to Johnson 10 June Mr. Thrale seems thunderstricken, he don't mind anything.
1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 135 When Mrs. Low hastily lighted the lamp..and saw nothing, she was thunderstricken.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
> as lemmas
thunderstricken
a. To strike with amazement, astonish greatly. Obsolete except as in thunderstricken, thunderstruck.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)]
gloppena1250
abavea1400
ferlya1400
forferlya1400
supprisec1405
stonish1488
surprend1549
stagger1556
thunderbolta1586
admire1598
startle1598
thunderstrike1613
siderate1623
dumbfound1653
surprise1655
stammer1656
strange1657
astartlea1680
dumbfounder1710
knock1715
to take aback1751
flabbergast1773
to take back1796
stagnate1829
to put aback1833
to make (a person) sit up1878
to knock, lay (out), etc., cold1884
transmogrify1887
rock1947
to flip out1964
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > cause wonder, astonish [verb (transitive)]
marvela1425
esmarvel1477
amaze?1533
wondera1561
bewondera1586
to hold at gaze1594
admire1598
wonder-maze1603
astonish1611
thunderstrike1613
surprise1655
to astonish the natives1801
emmarvel1834
zap1967
mind-blow1970
gobsmack1987
1613 [implied in: W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 12 The Thunder-stroken Swaine lean'd to a tree, As void of sense as weeping Niobe. (at thunderstruck adj. 2a)].
1721 G. Roussillon tr. Vertot Rev. Portugal 104 This message thunder-struck the Duke.
1789 M. Huber Let. 28 June in Ld. Auckland Jrnl.& Corr. (1861) II. 324 This revolution thunder-strikes the keenest man.
1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 183 The news..thunderstruck all present.
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