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Stunned vs Thunderstruck - What's the difference?

stunned | thunderstruck |

As adjectives the difference between stunned and thunderstruck

is that stunned is unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked while thunderstruck is astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.

As a verb stunned

is past tense of stun.

stunned

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Unable to act or respond; dazed; shocked.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (stun)

    • 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