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Overwhelmed vs Thunderstruck - What's the difference?

overwhelmed | thunderstruck | Synonyms |

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

English

Verb

(head)
  • (overwhelm)

  • overwhelm

    English

    Verb

  • To engulf, surge over and submerge.
  • The dinghy was overwhelmed by the great wave.
  • To overpower, crush.
  • In December 1939 the Soviet Union attacked Finland with overwhelming force.
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxviii. 53
  • The sea overwhelmed their enemies.
  • To overpower emotionally.
  • He was overwhelmed with guilt.
    Joy overwhelmed her when she realized that she had won a million dollars.
  • To cause to surround, to cover.
  • (Papin)

    Derived terms

    * overwhelming

    See also

    * too many balls in the air

    thunderstruck

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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 .
  • Synonyms

    * (astonished) amazed, astonished, astounded, awed, overawed, overwhelmed, speechless, stupefied, surprised