nonplused
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Rare form of nonplussed.
verb
simple past and past participle of nonplus
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "But Mr. Cooper's remark, though pointed, was not far removed from the nonplused reactions of his fellow network stars, who seemed to channel a level of genuine shock rare even in the chaotic Trump era."
Inflected Forms
more nonplused (comparative)
most nonplused (superlative)