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Nonplused

adjective

Filled with bewilderment. Synonyms: at a loss, nonplussed, puzzled. "Puzzled that she left without saying goodbye"

Nonplus

verb

(past & past part. nonplused or nonplussed; pres. part. nonplusing or nonplussing)

Be a mystery or bewildering to. Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex. "Got me--I don't know the answer!" , "A vexing problem" , "This question really stuck me"

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"Nonplused" Quotes from Famous Books

... the real estate dealer grew furious behind his well-waxed mustache. He had expected to intimidate our hero easily, and now he was nonplused. ...

— The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview • Ralph Bonehill

... You did good work. I wanted to have you find him, and instead he came right to me. Now, we must end this whole thing to-night." For an instant the Kentuckian was nonplused, and instinctively turned to the old family servant with that curious trust which the native Southerner instinctively places in the "family" negro. "What shall I ...

— The Ghost Breaker - A Novel Based Upon the Play • Charles Goddard

... household of the Shellingtons had turned into a gloomy abode. Ann was nonplused at the strange behavior of her brother and the unusual reserve of Flea. Floyd from his bedroom endeavored to bring the home to its former cheerfulness; but, with all Ann's energies and the boy's tireless tact, the change did not come. At length Miss Shellington gave up trying to ...

— From the Valley of the Missing • Grace Miller White

... emphasis on the last sentence, to lead Massy away from the track in case . . . but he did not doubt of now holding his success. The chief engineer seemed nonplused, like a slow man invited to catch hold of ...

— End of the Tether • Joseph Conrad

... we had come to the hospital was still waiting. "We must see Mrs. Maitland first," said Kennedy, as we left the nonplused coroner and his assistants. ...

— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve