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Meaning of ASTONIED

Pronunciation:  u'stâneed

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 Definition: [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"
 
 Synonyms: amazed, astonished, astounded, stunned, surprised
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\As*ton"ied\, p. p.
Stunned; astonished. See {Astony}. [Archaic]
      And I astonied fell and could not pray.  --Mrs.
                                               Browning.
 

 

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