astonied

American  

[uh-ston-eed] / əˈstɒn id /

adjective

Archaic.

1. dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.

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astonied British  

/ əˈstɒnɪd /

adjective

1. archaic stunned; dazed

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Etymology

Origin of astonied

1300–50; Middle English, past participle of astonyen to astonish; see -ed ²

Example Sentences

Ay, they say—Bartle it was told a neighbour of mine—he’s held firm till the priests were fair astonied at him; they thought they’d have brought him round, and that was why they never burned him.

From The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah

I cried, much astonied, ‘you are a Lutheran? here, in the Queen’s Palace.’—‘Doth that amaze thee?’ she answered with another smile.

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Holt, Emily Sarah

Truly, I am sorry to hear this, though little astonied.

From It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

So I was little astonied this afternoon to be asked of Robin, as we two were in the garden, if I reckoned Milisent had any care touching him.

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah

I shall ne’er be astonied if she wed with Arthur Tremayne.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah