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Astony vs Stony - What's the difference?

astony | stony |

As a verb astony

is (label) to stun, paralyse, astound.

As an adjective stony is

as hard as stone.

astony

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete) astonie

Verb

  • (label) To stun, paralyse, astound.
  • *:
  • *:thenne Brastias sawe his felawe ferd so with al / he smote the duke with a spere that hors & man fell doune / that sawe kyng Claryaunce and retorned vnto Brastias / and eyther smote other soo that hors & man wente to the erthe / and so they lay long astonyed / & their hors knees brast to the hard bone
  • *1526 , (Bible) , tr. (William Tyndale), (w) VI:
  • *:And it cam to passe, that when Jesus had ended these saynges, the peple were astonnied at his doctryne.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, p.10:
  • *:Verily the violence of a griefe, being extreme, must needs astonie the mind, and hinder the liberty of her actions.

    • stony

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • As hard as stone.
  • Containing or made up of stones.
    • a stony path
  • (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.
  • (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.
    • She gave him a stony reception.

    Synonyms

    * (hard as stone ): as hard as iron, as hard as a rock, rock-hard * (containing stones ): pebbly, rocky, shingly * (of a person ): cold, cool, hard-hearted, heartless, impassive, unemotional, unfeeling * (of an action ): cold, cool, frosty, unwelcoming

    Antonyms

    * (hard as stone ): soft * (of a person ): passionate, warm * (of an action ): warm, welcoming

    Derived terms

    * stoniness * stony-faced

    Anagrams

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