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NONPLUSSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonplussed mean?
• NONPLUSSED (adjective)
The adjective NONPLUSSED has 1 sense:
1. filled with bewilderment
Familiarity information: NONPLUSSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled with bewilderment
Synonyms:
at a loss; nonplused; nonplussed; puzzled
Context example:
puzzled that she left without saying goodbye
Similar:
perplexed (full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment)
Context examples
The next moment he was nonplussed by the readiness of his acceptance.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But he did not have it in him to be angry with the love-master, and when that god elected to laugh at him in a good-natured, bantering way, he was nonplussed.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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