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# thunderstruck

«thunderstruck» in Mova's school dictionary: **so surprised or shocked that one cannot speak or move** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Thunderstruck means so surprised or shocked that one cannot speak or move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thunderstruck/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a character who is amazed by a sight, a proof or news, often in old tales

### examples

- He was thunderstruck when he saw the gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thunderstruck/#x1)
- The king was thunderstruck by the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thunderstruck/#x2)
- How the others were thunderstruck when he showed his proofs! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thunderstruck/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thunderstruck» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thunderstruck/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.