nonplus

[non-pluhs] / nɒnˈplʌs /

VERB

confuse, perplex

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astonish astound baffle bewilder daze disconcert dumbfound faze fluster mystify

STRONG

balk beat boggle buffalo confound discomfit discountenance dismay embarrass floor flurry frustrate get muddle overcome paralyze puzzle rattle stagger stick stump stun stymie throw thwart

WEAK

mess with one's head rattle one's cage take aback throw into tizzy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bore calm clear up comfort enlighten expect explain explicate

STRONG

aid assist clarify encourage give in help lose please soothe support surrender yield

WEAK

educate

Example Sentences

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He found cross-examinations mentally invigorating, soon learned that he could nonplus storming attorneys if he kept smiling no matter how galling their insinuations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Utterly at a nonplus, she at length returned to the donkey—that is, to the spot, so far as she could judge, where she had left it.

From Verner's Pride by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Here was a nonplus, not perhaps without its comical side.

From Chivalry by Elliott, Elizabeth Shippen Green

Loth to go to Hell and put to a nonplus, David built a nest in a tree in Richmond Park, and he paused therein to consider which way to proceed.

From My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People by Evans, Caradoc

"Gertrude goes with me," I replied stoutly; for I thought Cousin John looked pleased, and Sir Guy was at a nonplus.

From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.

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