Nonplused

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of nonplus form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Rare form of nonplussed. form-of, rare

    "So he left Brace Thurlow standing as he half carried the man inside and sat him down in his office chair. I looked back over my shoulder. Brace looked sort of nonplused."

Adjective
  1. 1
    filled with bewilderment wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
at a lossnonplussednonplussedpuzzled

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"So he left Brace Thurlow standing as he half carried the man inside and sat him down in his office chair. I looked back over my shoulder. Brace looked sort of nonplused."

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