Astonied

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astony \As*ton"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Astonied}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Astonying}. See {Astone}.]
     To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic]
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           The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon


           the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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           This sodeyn cas this man astonied so,
           That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Astonied \As*ton"ied\, p. p.
     Stunned; astonished. See {Astony}. [Archaic]
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           And I astonied fell and could not pray.  --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  astonied
       adj : filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or
             shock; "an amazed audience gave the magician a standing
             ovation"; "I stood enthralled, astonished by the
             vastness and majesty of the cathedral"; "astounded
             viewers wept at the pictures from the Oklahoma City
             bombing"; "stood in stunned silence"; "stunned
             scientists found not one but at least three viruses"
             [syn: {amazed}, {astonished}, {astounded}, {stunned}]