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PRONUNCIATION OF THUNDERSTRICKEN

thunderstricken  [ˈθʌndəˌstrɪkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THUNDERSTRICKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thunderstricken is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THUNDERSTRICKEN


African
ˈæfrɪkən
American
əˈmɛrɪkən
Armorican
ɑːˈmɒrɪkən
Asian-American
ˈeɪʒənəˈmerɪkən
awe-stricken
ˈɔːˌstrɪkən
awestricken
ˈɔːˌstrɪkən
bricken
ˈbrɪkən
horror-stricken
ˈhɒrəˌstrɪkən
hurricane
ˈhʌrɪkən
Latino-American
læˈtiːnəʊəˌmerɪkən
love-stricken
ˈlʌvstrɪkən
lovestricken
ˈlʌvstrɪkən
Meso-American
ˌmiːzəʊəˈmɛrɪkən
Mesoamerican
ˌmɛsəʊəˈmɛrɪkən
Mexican
ˈmɛksɪkən
moonstricken
ˈmuːnˌstrɪkən
plague-stricken
ˈpleɪɡˌstrɪkən
planet-stricken
ˈplænɪtˌstrɪkən
stricken
ˈstrɪkən
taken
ˈteɪkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THUNDERSTRICKEN

thunderbird
thunderbolt
thunderbox
thunderclap
thundercloud
thunderflash
thunderhead
thundering
thunderingly
thunderless
thunderous
thunderously
thunderousness
thundershower
thunderstone
thunderstorm
thunderstrike
thunderstroke
thunderstruck
thundery

WORDS THAT END LIKE THUNDERSTRICKEN

chicken
conscience-stricken
coronation chicken
Digby chicken
drucken
free-range chicken
grief-stricken
like a headless chicken
mobile phone chicken
Mother Carey´s chicken
no chicken
panic-stricken
poverty-stricken
prairie chicken
quicken
requicken
she is no spring chicken
sicken
spring chicken
terror-stricken
thicken

Synonyms and antonyms of thunderstricken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «thunderstricken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THUNDERSTRICKEN

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Translator English - Chinese

thunderstricken
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

thunderstricken
570 millions of speakers

English

thunderstricken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thunderstricken
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

thunderstricken
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

thunderstricken
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thunderstricken
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thunderstricken
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

foudroyé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Thunderstricken
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entgeistert
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thunderstricken
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

thunderstricken
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thunderstricken
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thunderstricken
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thunderstricken
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गडगडाटा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

thunderstricken
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

thunderstricken
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

thunderstricken
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

thunderstricken
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

thunderstricken
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thunderstricken
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

thunderstricken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thunderstricken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thunderstricken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thunderstricken

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THUNDERSTRICKEN»

The term «thunderstricken» is used very little and occupies the 179.637 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THUNDERSTRICKEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thunderstricken

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THUNDERSTRICKEN»

Discover the use of thunderstricken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thunderstricken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Euphorion: Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in ...
unmistakable, but how different, in the realistic group of the "Thunderstricken"— the long, lank youth, with spindle shanks andeggshaped body, bounding forward, with most grotesque strides,over the uncouth heapof dead bodies, ungainly ...
Vernon Lee
2
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem:
They themselves worship menwho have been thunderstricken [1647]: but the thunderwhen it comes fromheaven, comes not at random. Ifthey are not ashamed toworship men thunderstricken andabhorred of God,artthou ashamed to worship  ...
St. Cyril of Jerusalem
3
Catechetical Lectures
... prophets, and the Greeks out of their own fables. They themselves worship men who have been thunderstricken but the thunder when it comes from heaven, comes not at random. If they are not ashamed to worship men thunderstricken 250.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem
4
The Poems of Shelley: Volume Three: 1819 - 1820
And that I walk thus proudly crowned withal 15 Is that I know it may be thunderstricken. And this is my distinction, if I fall, I shall not creep out of the vital day To common dust, nor wear a common pall, [But as my hopes were fire, so my] decay 20 ...
Jack Donovan, Cian Duffy, Kelvin Everest, 2014
5
The Catechetical Lectures
They themselves worship men thunderstricken“: but the thunder when it comes from heaven, comes not -at random. If they are not ashamed to worship men thunderstricken and abhorred of God, art thou ashamed to worship the beloved Son of ...
Saint Cyril (Bishop of Jerusalem), 1838
6
Thoughts of the times; or, Men and things
The pallid thunderstricken * sigh for gain, Down an ideal stream they ever float, And sailing on Pactolus in a boat, Drown soul and sense, while wistfully they strain Weak eyes upon the glistening sands that robe The understream. The wise  ...
Thomas Browne Browne, 1838
7
The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
They themselves worship men thunderstricken": but the thunder when it comes from heaven, comes not at random. If they are not ashamed to worship men thunderstricken and abhorred of God, art thou ashamed to worship the beloved Son of ...
Saint Cyril (Bishop of Jerusalem), 1839
8
Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)
... slake With points of blastborne hailtheir heatedeyne! So theirwan limbsno more mightcome between The moon the moon's reflex the night; Nor and in blot with floating shades the solar light. Sonnet “The pallid thunderstricken sigh for gain.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 2013
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Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States Forum
Thunderstricken has "call"-sta- tus: "what appears as speechlessness and motionlessness should be called, after some deliberation, thunderstricken". Owing to its basic physical sense, 'emerge', appear can cooccur with a from- phrase: "from ...
John Morreall, Linguistic Association of Canada and the United States, 1983
10
Masterpieces of Mystery: Detective Stories
The Prefect appeared absolutely thunderstricken. For some minutes he remained speechless and motionless, looking incredulously at my friend with open mouth, and eyes that seemed starting from their sockets; then, apparently recovering ...
Joseph Lewis French, 2012

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