Word Meanings - ASTONY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. 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.

Additional info about word: ASTONY

To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. 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.

Related words: (words related to ASTONY)

• ASTONISH
  étonner, fr. L. ex out + tonare to thunder, but perhaps influenced by 1. To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow. The very cramp-fish . . . being herself not benumbed, is able to astonish others. Holland. 2. To strike with sudden
• QUAKERLIKE
  Like a Quaker.
• ASTONISHING
  Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n.
• QUAKER
  1. One who quakes. 2. One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4. Fox's teaching was
• REELECT
  To elect again; as, to reëlect the former governor.
• CAPTAINRY
  Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.
• QUAKERISH
  Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
• QUAKY
  Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.
• QUAKERESS
  A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
• BEWILDER
  To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison. Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound;
• QUAKING
  a. & n. from Quake, v. Quaking aspen , an American species of poplar , the leaves of which tremble in the lightest breeze. It much resembles the European aspen. See Aspen. -- Quaking bog, a bog of forming peat so saturated with water
• BEWILDERING
  Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.
• QUAKERY
  Quakerism. Hallywell.
• STRAKE
  imp. of Strike. Spenser.
• CAPTAIN
  , LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. 1. A head, or chief officer; as: The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service. An officer in the United
• DISMAY
  1. Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation. I . . . can not think of such a battle without dismay. Macaulay. Thou with a tiger spring dost leap upon thy prey, And tear
• REEL
  1. To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man. Ps. cvii. 27. He, with heavy fumes oppressed, Reeled from the palace, and retired to rest. Pope. The wagons reeling under the
• REELECTION
  Election a second time, or anew; as, the reëlection of a former chief.
• ASTONISHEDLY
  In an astonished manner. Bp. Hall.
• REELIGIBLE
  Eligble again; capable of reëlection; as, reëligible to the same office. -- Re*ël`i*gi*bil"i*ty (r, n.
• TREELESS
  Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley.
• KREEL
  See CREEL
• FREELTE
  Frailty. Chaucer.
• ICEQUAKE
  The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold.
• COWQUAKE
  A genus of plants ; quaking grass.
• SEA CAPTAIN
  The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea.
• PREELECT
  To elect beforehand.