astonied
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of astonied
1300–50; Middle English, past participle of astonyen to astonish; see -ed 2
Example Sentences
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I asked at him if he knew one Blanche Lewthwaite, and he seemed fair astonied, and said he knew no such an one, nor that any of that name dwelt in all the vale.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
I am astonied that the day's fair light Yet shineth brilliantly On all things; but is ever dark as night To me and thee.
From Chapters on Jewish Literature by Israel Abrahams
The Senatours entringe into the court, what with the sodayn assembling of the wyues and of their request, were right sore astonied.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by William Carew Hazlitt
He was a man of the highest courage, the stoutest heart, yet in that hour he was astonied.
From Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main by Will Crawford
Unwonted and appalling terror astonied every one, and me more even than the rest.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
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