abecedarian, blast, confusion, daze, discountenance, floor, maze, parry, quandary, smash all opposition, take aback
Definitionv. be a mystery or bewildering to
Last update: October 19, 2015
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He was completely nonplussed by my reply. [verb]
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Mark was nonplussed by such an odd question. [verb]
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The nonplus of my reason will yield a fairer opportunity to my faith. [noun]
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Arobin appeared nonplused, and asked Edna if there were any one else she cared to ask. [verb]
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He rose, nonplused, walked to the window and slowly back. [Please select]
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I was a trifle nonplused, but I did the best I could. [Please select]
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I think that between the two of us we had that man about nonplused, although we couldn't see. [Please select]
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Miss Pim, who liked to inspire terror, was so completely nonplused that, though her lips worked spasmodically, she found nothing to say. [Please select]
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"I don't know whether this account is correct or not," said Socrates, a little nonplused by this new version of the affair. [Please select]
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He was evidently nonplused by the absolute necessity of getting another clerk, and his inability to think of a suitable person. [Please select]
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The young lord, thus abandoned, looked at first at a nonplus, and seemed for a while more than half-inclined to follow. [Please select]
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