astonied

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

amazed, astonished, astounded, stunned

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