Nonplussed

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nonplus \Non"plus`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nonplused}or
     {Nonplussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nonplusing} or {Nonplussing}.]
     To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
     embarrassment.
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           He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell
           what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonplussed
       adj : filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those
             remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying
             goodbye" [syn: {at a loss(p)}, {nonplused}, {puzzled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nonplussed
       See {nonplus}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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