thunderstruck
thunderstruck · more thunderstruck · most thunderstruck
как громом поражённый
wie vom Donner gerührt
Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speakAstonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
UK/ˈθʌn.də.stɹʌk/US/ˈθʌn.dɚ.stɹʌk/
Meaning
1 sensesAstonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
wie vom Donner gerührt
как гро́мом поражённыйkak grómom poražónnyj
More definitions
- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak:
Origin
From thunder + struck. Compare synonymous and cognate Latin attonitus. Also compare typoloFrom thunder + struck. Compare synonymous and cognate Latin attonitus. Also compare typologically Ancient Greek ἐμβρόντητος (embróntētos) (< βροντή (brontḗ)) (whence Greek εμβρόντητος (emvróntitos)); Czech ohromený (< ohromit), Bulgarian като ударен от гръм (kato udaren ot grăm), Russian как гро́мом поражённый (kak grómom poražónnyj) (akin to гром (grom)). See also German wie vom Donner gerührt.
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Forms
more thunderstruck, most thunderstruck| Comparative | more thunderstruck Lesson |
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| Superlative | most thunderstruck Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
14 synonymsClose in meaning
- as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise:dumbfoundeddumfoundedflabbergastedstupefieddumbstruckdumbstricken
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form