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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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