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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  non-plussed
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en nonplussed)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  nonplussed
     a.
     1 (senseid en bewildered) unsure how to act#Verb or respond;
  bewildered#Adjective, perplexed#Adjective. (from early 17th c.)
     2 (senseid en unaffected)(lb en chiefly US informal nonstandard)
  unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed. (from mid 20th c.)
     vb.
     (infl of en nonplus  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  non-plussed
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en nonplussed)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  nonplussed
     a.
     1 (senseid en bewildered) unsure how to act#Verb or respond;
  bewildered#Adjective, perplexed#Adjective. (from early 17th c.)
     2 (senseid en unaffected)(lb en chiefly US informal nonstandard)
  unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed. (from mid 20th c.)
     vb.
     (infl of en nonplus  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  non-plussed
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en nonplussed)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  nonplussed
     a.
     1 (senseid en bewildered) unsure how to act#Verb or respond;
  bewildered#Adjective, perplexed#Adjective. (from early 17th c.)
     2 (senseid en unaffected)(lb en chiefly US informal nonstandard)
  unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed. (from mid 20th c.)
     vb.
     (infl of en nonplus  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  non-plussed
     a.
     (alternative spelling of en nonplussed)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  nonplussed
     a.
     1 (senseid en bewildered) unsure how to act#Verb or respond;
  bewildered#Adjective, perplexed#Adjective. (from early 17th c.)
     2 (senseid en unaffected)(lb en chiefly US informal nonstandard)
  unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed. (from mid 20th c.)
     vb.
     (infl of en nonplus  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  مشوّش

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  přivedený do rozpaků

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  zahnaný do slepé uličky

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  angesichts einer Sache wie vor den Kopf geschlagen, wie vom Schlag getroffen sein, völlig perplex sein
     Synonyms: be stunned, dumbfounded
  
   see: stun sb., daze sb., dumbfound sb., nonplus sb., numb sb., stuning, dazing, dumbfounding, nonplusing, numbing, stuned, dazed, dumbfounded, nonplused, numbed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  perplex, verblüfft 
     Synonyms: dumbfounded, thunderstruck, confused
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  verdutzt 
     Synonym: nonplused
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  nonplussed //nɒnˈplʌst// //ˌnɑnˈplʌst// 
  hämmentynyt, ymmällään
  unsure how to act or respond

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  zbunjen

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  nonplussed /nˌɒnplˈʌst/
  1. zavart
  2. elképedt
  3. meghökkent

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  nonplussed /ˌnɒnˈplʌst/ 
    zakłopotany

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  nonplussed //nɒnˈplʌst// //ˌnɑnˈplʌst// 
  ställd
  unsure how to act or respond

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/nɑnˈpɫəst/

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/nɑnˈpɫəst/

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

  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
  
  

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