v.
Pronunciation: ə - ' stä-nish
Function: transitive verb
Etymology: probably from earlier astony (fr. 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 1534
1 obsolete : to strike with sudden fear
2 : to strike with sudden and usually great wonder or surprise <was too astonished to speak>
synonyms see SURPRISE