nonplus

nonplus
    v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--
         I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
         question really stuck me" [syn: {perplex}, {vex}, {stick},
         {get}, {puzzle}, {mystify}, {baffle}, {beat}, {pose},
         {bewilder}, {flummox}, {stupefy}, {nonplus}, {gravel},
         {amaze}, {dumbfound}]
    

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.
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         Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all
         human understanding.                     --South.
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Nonplus \Non"plus`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nonplused}or
   {Nonplussed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Nonplusing} or {Nonplussing}.]
   To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by
   embarrassment.
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         He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell
         what it was that he endeavored to prove. --Spectator.
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150 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonplus":
      Gordian knot, 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, 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