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non·plus    Audio Help   [non-pluhs, non-pluhs] Pronunciation Key verb, -plussed or -plused, -plus·sing or -plus·ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1.to render utterly perplexed; puzzle completely.
–noun
2.a state of utter perplexity.

[Origin: 1575–85; (n.) < L nōn plūs lit., not more, no further, i.e., a state in which nothing more can be done]

1. perplex, confuse, confound, disconcert.
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non·plus    Audio Help   (nŏn-plŭs')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   non·plussed also non·plused, non·plus·sing also non·plus·ing, non·plus·ses also non·plus·es
To put at a loss as to what to think, say, or do; bewilder.

n.   A state of perplexity, confusion, or bewilderment.


[From Latin nōn plūs, no more : nōn, not; see non- + plūs, more; see pelə-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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nonplussed

adjective
filled with bewilderment; "at a loss to understand those remarks"; "puzzled that she left without saying goodbye" [syn: at a loss

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nonplussed [nonˈplast] adjective
completely puzzled; bewildered
Arabic: يُحَيِّر، يُذْهِل
Chinese (Simplified): 使为难的
Chinese (Traditional): 使為難的
Czech: rozpačitý, zmatený
Danish: desorienteret
Dutch: verbijsterd
Estonian: hämmingus
Finnish: ymmällä
French: dérouté
German: verdutzt
Greek: σαστισμένος, αποσβολωμένος
Hungarian: paff
Icelandic: orðlaus; klumsa, hlessa
Indonesian: bingung, tercengang
Italian: disorientato, perplesso
Japanese: 途方にくれた
Latvian: apmulsis; neziņā
Lithuanian: pasimetęs, suglumintas
Norwegian: helt paff, perpleks
Polish: skonfundowany
Portuguese (Brazil): perplexo
Portuguese (Portugal): pexplexo
Romanian: zăpăcit
Russian: озадаченный; смущённый
Slovak: zmätený, v rozpakoch
Slovenian: zmeden
Spanish: perplejo
Swedish: svarslös, paff, ställd
Turkish: şaşırmış, şaşkın
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