In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
amazed, astonied, astonished, astounded, stunned
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
astonied
simple past tense and past participle of astony
astonied (comparative more astonied, superlative most astonied)
(archaic) In shock or confusion; bewildered.
• sedation
Source: Wiktionary
As*ton"ied, p. p.
Definition: Stunned; astonished. See Astony. [Archaic] And I astonied fell and could not pray. Mrs. Browning.
As*ton"y, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Astonied; p. pr. & vb. n. Astonying. See Astone.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 February 2025
(adjective) marked by strong resentment or cynicism; “an acrimonious dispute”; “bitter about the divorce”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.