astonied

English

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ə-stŏn'ēd, IPA(key): /əˈstɑnid/

Verb

astonied

  1. simple past and past participle of astony

Adjective

astonied (comparative more astonied, superlative most astonied)

  1. (archaic) In shock or confusion; bewildered.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:
      Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge,
      I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied
      To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes,
      And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule.

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