ppl. a. [f. ASTOUND ppl. a., the -ed marking more distinctly its participial character; cf. content, contented, etc., and see prec., of which this is now the pa. pple.]
† 1. Stunned, stupefied. Obs. 2. Shocked mentally, amazed; confounded with surprise and wonder.
c. 1400. Destr. Troy, XXII. 9171. With langur of lust, and of loue hote, He was stithly astondid, stird into þoght.
1596. Drayton, Legends, iii. 199. Astounded with a mightie blow, I stood awhile insensible of payne.
1810. Southey, Kehama, XIX. xi. Abashed, confounded … yea all astounded In overpowering fear and deep dismay.
1824. Dibdin, Libr. Comp., 688. We are … astounded at the enormous prices which the greater part of them produce.
