Overwhelmed vs Thunderstruck - What's the difference?
overwhelmed | thunderstruck | Synonyms |
(overwhelm)
To engulf, surge over and submerge.
To overpower, crush.
* Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
To overpower emotionally.
To cause to surround, to cover.
Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.
*1916 — , chapter IX
*:And for days Europe and the great powers were thunderstruck , again and yet again, by the news of Turkish forts falling, Turkish cohorts collapsing, the unconquerable Crescent going down in blood.
*1927-29' —
*:'Unless the strikers rally,' I declared to the meeting, 'and continue the strike till a settlement is reached, or till they leave the mills altogether, I will not touch any food.' The labourers were thunderstruck .
Overwhelmed is a synonym of thunderstruck.
As a verb overwhelmed
is (overwhelm).As an adjective thunderstruck is
astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.overwhelmed
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Verb
(head)overwhelm
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Verb
- The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
- In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
- The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- He was overwhelmed with guilt.
- Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
- (Papin)