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nonplushed

nonplushed is the pronunciation spelling of nonplussed.

Meaning of nonplussed

Adjective

nonplussed (comparative more nonplussed, superlative most nonplussed)

  1. Unsure how to act or respond; bewildered, perplexed.
    • [N]ote the honeſt Quaker vvas nonpluſſed, and greatly ſurprized at that Queſtion.1724, [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunate Mistress; […] [Roxana], London: […] E. Applebee, […], published 1740, →OCLC, page 277
    Antonyms:
    plussed
  2. (US, informal, nonstandard) Unaffected, unfazed; unimpressed.
    • "I regard Dean [W. P.] Baddeley's gambling activities with embarrassment and dismay," said Anglican dean of Melbourne S. Barton Babbage. […] The Rev. Baddeley remained nonplussed. "I don't intend to make a habit of going to the races but I feel clergymen should mix as our Lord did with all walks of...1960 August 2, “Cleric’s error was to win his wagers”, in Oakland Tribune, home edition, volume CLXXIII, number 33, Oakland, Calif.: Oakland Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, page E7, column 6
    Antonyms:
    plussed

Forms of nonplushed

comparativemore nonplushed
superlativemost nonplushed

Questions about nonplushed

What is nonplushed the pronunciation spelling of?
Nonplushed is the pronunciation spelling of nonplussed.

Words near nonplushed in the dictionary

  1. nonplus
  2. nonplusation
  3. nonplused
  4. nonpluses
  5. nonplush
  6. nonplushed
  7. nonplusing
  8. nonplusment
  9. nonplussation
  10. nonplussed
  11. nonplussedness

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