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nonplussed
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Definition:to be perplexed; emotionally confused
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"I declare, on oath, that the prisoner now before me is not Arsène Lupin."
A profound silence followed the statement. The judge, nonplused for a moment, exclaimed:
"Ah! What do you mean? That is absurd!"
Maurice Leblanc. The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar
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Jeff: I sponsored a kid from the inner city to go to summer camp.
Larry: You sponsored an inner-city kid?
Jeff: An underprivileged kid. Yeah.
Larry: You're kidding.
Jeff: No.
Larry: I'm completely nonplussed. Is that the right word?
HBO. Curb Your Enthusiasm. The Wire (2000)
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I stood nonplussed on the balcony for a moment, fifteen leering faces flickering out of the firelit shadows at me.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Stepan Arkadyevitch felt completely nonplussed by the strange talk which he was hearing for the first time. The complexity of Petersburg, as a rule, had a stimulating effect on him, rousing him out of his Moscow stagnation.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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"You don't like the idea that I'm going to Skellefteå, do you?"
He was non-plussed.
Stieg Larsson. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Reg Keeland translation), p.346 (2009)
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He had always been nonplused by Gus’s witticisms.
Larry McMurtry. Lonesome Dove (1985)
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