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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of astonien Date: 14th century 1. archaic deprived briefly of the power to act ; dazed 2. archaic filled with consternation or dismay

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Astonied As*ton"ied, p. p. Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic] And I astonied fell and could not pray. --Mrs. Browning.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.