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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
nonplus \non"plus`\, v. t. imp. p. p. nonplusedor
nonplussed; p. pr. vb. n. nonplusing or nonplussing.
to puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
embarrassment.
1913 webster
he has been nonplused by mr. dry's desiring him to tell
what it was that he endeavored to prove. --spectator.
1913 webster
see also:
nonplused nonplussed nonplusing nonplussing
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nonplus
v : be a mystery or bewildering to; "this beats me"; "got me--i
don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "this
question really stuck me" syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
also: nonplussing, nonplusses, nonplussed
see also:
perplex vex stick get puzzle mystify
baffle beat pose bewilder flummox
stupefy gravel amaze dumbfound nonplussing
nonplusses nonplussed
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nonplussed
adj : filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying
goodbye" syn: at a lossp, nonplused, puzzled
see also:
at a lossp nonplused puzzled
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
nonplussed
see nonplus
see also:
nonplus
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "nonplussed":
addled, at a loss, at a nonplus, at a stand, at a standstill,
at an impasse, baffled, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, buffaloed,
confounded, dazed, floored, fuddled, in a dilemma, in suspense,
licked, muddled, mystified, on tenterhooks, perplexed, puzzled,
stuck, stumped, thrown
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