THUNDERSTRIKING Synonyms: 34 Similar Words

thunderstriking

verb

present participle of thunderstrike

as in amazing

to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected everyone was thunderstruck when she quit her job without warning

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In one camp Gao Sheng breaks a cultural norm by helping her father and uncles with a big project, amazing her relatives with her physical and mental strength.

— Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2026

Definition of amazing

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Footage of the fight shared online showed Williams punching Colón in the back of the head in the seventh round, apparently stunning him.

— Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Margaret deploys this power to find Daniel and to free him from Noah and the WARDEX minions—essentially, by stunning them emotionally.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2026

Definition of stunning

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Human beings have an inconvenient habit of surprising us, and sometimes that surprise is the finding that matters most.

— Rebecca Brooks, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
What went down Dickens shared a video of himself surprising the Nature Gurlz, a beloved group of women who meet up weekday mornings to bask in the great outdoors.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of surprising

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The unpredictable motion scares them off, startling them and throwing them off balance.

— Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2026
Last week, an F/A-18 Super Hornet from the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight-demonstration team, zoomed dangerously low along the Florida coast, stirring up sand and umbrellas, startling some beachgoers—and, it must be said, delighting many others.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Definition of startling

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