Thesaurus / nonplus
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"I know of many," he answered, with a smile, an answer which by its simplicity seemed to nonplus the Duke.
LOVE-AT-ARMSRAPHAEL SABATINIThe renegade was a little at a nonplus, as he never had undergone the operation which he had described.
THE PACHA OF MANY TALESFREDERICK MARRYATThe inquiring mind is at a nonplus, and is likely to remain so.
THE OLD INNS OF OLD ENGLAND, VOLUME II (OF 2)CHARLES G. HARPERHe finds doubts and scruples better than resolves them, and has always some argument to nonplus himself.
MICROCOSMOGRAPHYJOHN EARLEThe idea at the bottom of the piece is that the devil will carry off the wee boy if he can nonplus him.
THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH POPULAR BALLADS (VOLUME I OF 5)VARIOUSNever having been paid such an attention in all my life before, I felt rather at a nonplus.
BLUE-STOCKING HALL, VOL. 1 (OF 3)WILLIAM PITT SCARGILLNonplus, non′plus, n. a state in which no more can be done or said: great difficulty.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 3 OF 4: N-R)VARIOUSMr. and Mrs. Accleton were at somewhat of a nonplus as to the most feasible means of procuring the attendance of Sally.
PENCIL SKETCHESELIZA LESLIEI commit him to your care, Bob—use him well, remember he is not out of pupils straits, and musnt be blown up at point nonplus yet.
THE TRUE HISTORY OF TOM AND JERRYCHARLES HINDLEYPeter was puzzled, and scratched his ear like a man at a nonplus.
THE DALTONS, VOLUME II (OF II)CHARLES JAMES LEVERWORDS RELATED TO NONPLUS
- addles
- agitates
- bewilders
- bothers
- confounds
- confuses
- crazes
- discombobulates
- discomposes
- disquiets
- distracts
- disturbs
- excites
- flips
- flurries
- frustrates
- fuddles
- gets to
- hassles
- heats
- hurries
- makes nervous
- makes waves
- muddles
- mystifies
- nonpluses
- perplexes
- psyches
- puzzles
- rattles
- ruffles
- spooks
- stirs up
- throws off balance
- unhinges
- works up
- addle
- befuddle
- bewilder
- blunder
- botch
- bungle
- clutter
- complicate
- confound
- daze
- derange
- disarrange
- discombobulate
- disorder
- disorient
- disturb
- entangle
- fluster
- foul
- foul up
- jumble
- louse up
- make a mess of
- mess
- misarrange
- mix
- mix up
- muck
- mumble
- murmur
- nonplus
- perplex
- perturb
- psych out
- rattle
- ravel
- ruffle
- scramble
- shuffle
- snafu
- snarl
- spoil
- stir up
- stumble
- stupefy
- tangle
- throw
- throw off
- tumble
- addles
- amazes
- bamboozles
- beats
- befogs
- befuddles
- bemuses
- bewilders
- buffalos
- complicates
- confounds
- discombobulates
- disconcerts
- distracts
- disturbs
- dumbfounds
- flabbergasts
- floors
- flummoxes
- foils
- frustrates
- gets to
- mystifies
- nonpluses
- obscures
- perplexes
- poses
- profundicates
- psyches out
- puts off
- rattles
- snows
- stirs
- stumbles
- stumps
- throws
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