astonied


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a·ston·ied

 (ə-stŏn′ēd)
adj. Archaic
Bewildered; dazed.
[Middle English astonied, past participle of astonien, to amaze; see astonish.]
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astonied

(əˈstɒnɪd)
adj
archaic stunned; dazed
[C14: from astonyen to astonish]
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as•ton•ied

(əˈstɒn id)

adj. Archaic.
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
[1300–50; Middle English, past participle of astonyen to astonish]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.astonied - filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shockastonied - 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"
amazed, astonished, astounded, stunned
surprised - taken unawares or suddenly and feeling wonder or astonishment; "surprised by her student's ingenuity"; "surprised that he remembered my name"; "a surprised expression"
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But, alas, they were so strongly set in the stone that he could not move them, "for which cause the King was ugly astonied."*
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He heard the snap of the spring-lock like something bursting in his brain, and sat astonied.
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On th' other side, ADAM, soon as he heard The fatal Trespass don by EVE, amaz'd, Astonied stood and Blank, while horror chill Ran through his veins, and all his joynts relax'd; From his slack hand the Garland wreath'd for EVE Down drop'd, and all the faded Roses shed: Speechless he stood and pale, till thus at length First to himself he inward silence broke.
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Part 1, "Humanism and Its Discontents," includes: Catherine Loomis, "'Now began a new miserie': The Performance of Pedagogy in Nicholas Bretons's The Miseries of Mavillia" (21-32); Jerome de Groot, "'Euery one teacheth after thyr owne fantasie': French Language Instruction" (33-52); Deborah Uman, "'Wonderfullye astonied at the stoutenes of her minde': Translating Rhetoric and Education in Jane Lumley's The Tragedie of Iphigeneia" (53-64); Chris Laoutaris, "The Radical Pedagogies of Lady Elizabeth Russell" (65-86).
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(8) When Adam returns from his day's labor, he finds out that Eve has eaten from the Tree of Knowledge and he "Astonied stood and blank, while horror chill/ Ran through his veins, and all his joints relaxed" (IX.
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