NONPLUS (nonplussed, nonplusses, nonplussing)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: nonplussed    , nonplusses    , nonplussing   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonplus mean? 

• NONPLUS (verb)
  The verb NONPLUS has 1 sense:

1. be a mystery or bewildering to

  Familiarity information: NONPLUS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONPLUS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they nonplus    ... he / she / it nonpluses   
Past simple: nonplussed   
Past participle: nonplussed   
-ing form: nonplussing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a mystery or bewildering to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

amaze; baffle; beat; bewilder; dumbfound; flummox; get; gravel; mystify; nonplus; perplex; pose; puzzle; stick; stupefy; vex

Context example:

This question really stuck me

Hypernyms (to "nonplus" is one way to...):

bedevil; befuddle; confound; confuse; discombobulate; fox; fuddle; throw (be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nonplus"):

mix up; stump (cause to be perplexed or confounded)

riddle (set a difficult problem or riddle)

elude; escape (be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will nonplus him
The good news will nonplus her

 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)