astony

  • 11Astun — A*stun , v. t. [See {Astony}, {Stun}.] To stun. [Obs.] Breathless and astunned. Somerville. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12astonish — transitive verb Etymology: probably from earlier astony (from Middle English astonen, astonien, from Anglo French estoner to stun, from Vulgar Latin *extonare, from Latin ex + tonare to thunder) + ish (as in abolish) more at thunder Date: circa… …

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  • 13flabbergast — 1. verb /ʹflæbə(r)gɑːst/ To overwhelm with bewilderment; to stun, confound or amaze, especially with ludicrous affect. nbsp; He was flabbergasted to find that his work had been done for him before he began …

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  • 14astonish — v. a. Amaze, surprise, startle, astound, confound, stagger, stupefy, daze, stun, dumfounder, overwhelm, astony, strike dumb, strike with wonder, petrify with wonder …

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  • 15astonish — /əˈstɒnɪʃ / (say uh stonish) verb (t) to strike with sudden and overpowering wonder; surprise greatly; amaze. {earlier astony, ? Old English āstunian, intensive of stunian resound. Compare astound, stun} –astonisher, noun …

  • 16stound — I. noun also stoun ˈstau̇nd, ˈstün(d) ( s) Etymology: Middle English stund, stond, stound, from Old English stund; akin to Old Frisian stunde time, hour, Old High German stunta period of time, point in time …

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