nonplus

4 definitions found

nonplus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nonplus \Non"plus\, n. [L. non not + plus more, further. See
     Plural.]
     A state or condition which baffles reason or confounds
     judgment; insuperable difficulty; inability to proceed or
     decide; puzzle; quandary.
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           Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all
           human understanding.                     --South.
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  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.
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           He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell
           what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.
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nonplus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  nonplus
      v 1: 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, nonplus, gravel,
           amaze, dumbfound]

nonplus - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  150 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonplus":
     Gordian knot, abecedarian, addle, amaze, answer,
     answer conclusively, argue down, astonish, astound, baffle,
     bafflement, balk, bamboozle, beat, bewilderment, blast, boggle,
     bother, brave, bring up short, buffalo, challenge, check,
     checkmate, circumvent, confound, confoundment, confront, confuse,
     confusion, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter,
     counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, crush, crux, dabbler,
     dash, daze, defeat, defy, demolish, deny, destroy, dilemma,
     dilettante, discomfit, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertedness,
     disconcertion, disconcertment, discountenance, dish, dismay,
     dismiss, dispose of, disrupt, disturbance, dumbfound, elude,
     embarrassment, enigma, faze, finish, fix, floor, flummox, flurry,
     fluster, foil, frustrate, fuddle, get, jam, keep in suspense,
     knock the chocks, knot, knotty point, lick, maze, muddle, mystery,
     mystify, node, nodus, nonprofessional, overcome, overthrow,
     overturn, overwhelm, oxymoron, paradox, paralyze, parry, perplex,
     perplexity, perturbation, pickle, plight, pons asinorum, poser,
     pother, predicament, problem, put to silence, puzzle, puzzlement,
     quandary, rattle, rebut, reduce to silence, refute, riddle, ruin,
     sabotage, scotch, scrape, settle, shock, shut up, silence,
     smash all opposition, smatterer, spike, spoil, squash, squelch,
     stew, stick, stonewall, stop, stump, stun, stymie, subvert,
     take aback, teaser, throw, thwart, tyro, unassuredness, undermine,
     upset, vexed question