† sparrow-blastedadj.
Obsolete.
Balefully stricken or blighted; thunderstruck, dumbfounded.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective] > and stunned
astoned1297
mazeda1325
astonieda1375
clumseda1400
stupefact?a1425
astoundc1440
matedc1450
astonate1522
stupid1571
astounded1619
sparrow-blasteda1652
petrified1720
stupent1747
stounded1756
stupefied1790
stunned1845
shent1861
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > suffering misfortune > stricken by misfortune
star-crossed1597
star-cross1608
planet-struck1609
planet-stricken1615
sparrow-blasteda1652
hard-hit1826
the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > enchantment or casting spells > [adjective] > enchanted
forspokena1300
bewitcheda1387
charmedc1440
witched1543
owlblasted1603
maleficiate1622
sparrow-blasteda1652
fated1697
elf-struck1699
hagged1699
starstruck1707
enchanted1710
glamoured1724
spell-bound1799
elf-stricken1825
spelled1838
puckfoisted1890
bespelled1902
a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) v. i What art thow that canst look thus Piepickt, Crowtrod, or Sparrow-blasted? ha!
1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 243 Will you never shake off your timorousness? are you afraid of being sparrow-blasted? who hath hurt you? View more context for this quotation
1823 J. Galt Entail III. iii. 25 ‘Eh! Megsty me! I'm sparrow-blasted!’ exclaimed the Leddy,..lifting both her hands and eyes in wonderment.
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