astonied
as·to·nied
adjective
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”
Origin
Apparently from astony, astonie, from Old French estonner, from Vulgar Latin *extonare. Compare English astonish, of which this was claimed in olden sources to be the more "correct" (or at least Biblical) version of the word.
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