'Nonplus' definitions:
Definition of 'nonplus'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Nonplus'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Nonplus'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding. --South. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nonplus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Gordian knot,
- 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