Hypertext Webster Gateway: "astonied"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Astonied \As*ton"ied\, p. p.
Stunned; astonished. See {Astony}. [Archaic]
And I astonied fell and could not pray. --Mrs.
Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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]
The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon
the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. --Sir P.
Sidney.
This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex,
abayst, and al quaking. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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