English-Thai Dictionary

nonplus

VT ทำให้ ประหลาดใจ อย่าง ที่สุด  baffle perplex puzzle tam-hai-pra-lad-jai-yang-ti-sud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NONPLUS

n.[L. not, and plus, more, further. ] Puzzle; insuperable difficulty; a state in which one is unable to proceed or decide.

 

NONPLUS

v.t.To puzzle; to confound; to put to a stand; to stop by embarrassment. Your situation has nonplussed me.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NONPLUS

Non "plus, n. Etym: [L. non not + plus more, further. See Plural. ]

 

Defn: A state or condition which daffles reason or confounds judgment; insuperable difficalty; inability to proceed or decide; puzzle; quandary. Both of them are a perfect nonplus and baffle to all human understanding. South.

 

NONPLUS

Non "plus `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nonplused or Nonplussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nonplusing or Nonplussing.]

 

Defn: To puzzle; to confound; to perplex; to cause to stop by embarrassment. He has been nonplused by Mr. Dry's desiring him to tell what it was that he endeavored to prove. Spectator.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

nonplus

non plus |nänˈpləs nɑnˈpləs | ▶verb ( nonpluses or nonplusses, nonplussing, nonplussed ) [ with obj. ] surprise and confuse (someone ) so much that they are unsure how to react: Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question. ▶noun a state of being surprised and confused in this way. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin non plus ‘not more. ’ The noun originally meant ‘a state in which no more can be said or done. ’

 

nonplussed

non plussed |nänˈpləst nɑnˌpləst |(also nonplused ) ▶adjective 1 (of a person ) surprised and confused so much that they are unsure how to react: he would be completely nonplussed and embarrassed at the idea. 2 informal (of a person ) not disconcerted; unperturbed. usage: In standard use, nonplussed means ‘surprised and confused ’: the hostility of the new neighbor's refusal left Mrs. Walker nonplussed. In North American English, a new use has developed in recent years, meaning ‘unperturbed ’—more or less the opposite of its traditional meaning: hoping to disguise his confusion, he tried to appear nonplussed . This new use probably arose on the assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must therefore have a negative meaning. It is not considered part of standard English.

 

Oxford Dictionary

nonplus

nonplus |nɒnˈplʌs | ▶verb ( nonplusses, nonplussing, nonplussed ) [ with obj. ] surprise and confuse (someone ) so much that they are unsure how to react: Diane was nonplussed by such an odd question. ▶noun a state of being very surprised and confused. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin non plus ‘not more ’. The noun originally meant ‘a state in which no more can be said or done ’.

 

nonplussed

non |plussed |nɒnˈplʌst | ▶adjective 1 so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react: Henry looked completely nonplussed. 2 N. Amer. informal not disconcerted; unperturbed. usage: In standard use nonplussed means ‘surprised and confused ’, as in she was nonplussed at his eagerness to help out. In North American English a new use has developed in recent years, meaning ‘unperturbed ’—more or less the opposite of its traditional meaning —as in he was clearly trying to appear nonplussed . This new use probably arose on the assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must therefore have a negative meaning. It is not considered part of standard English.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nonplussed

nonplussed verb 1 Nick was nonplussed by the suggestion that he'd acted unkindly: surprised, stunned, dumbfounded, confounded, taken aback, disconcerted, thrown, thrown off balance; puzzled, perplexed, mystified, baffled, bemused, bewildered; informal fazed, flummoxed, stumped, bamboozled, discombobulated. 2 Tex remained nonplussed throughout the scandal: unperturbed, unruffled, unfazed, composed. USAGE nonplussed In standard use, nonplussed means ‘surprised and confused ’: the hostility of the new neighbor's refusal left Mrs. Walker nonplussed. In American English, a new use has developed in recent years, meaning ‘unperturbed ’—more or less the opposite of its traditional meaning: hoping to disguise his confusion, he tried to appear nonplussed. This new use probably arose on the assumption that non- was the normal negative prefix and must therefore have a negative meaning. Although the use is common, it is not yet considered standard. Note that the correct spelling is nonplussed, not nonplused. Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nonplus

nonplus verb young Lewis seemed remarkably nonplussed by the whole affair: surprise, stun, dumbfound, confound, astound, astonish, amaze, take aback, disconcert, stop someone in their tracks, throw, throw /catch off balance; puzzle, perplex, baffle, mystify, confuse, bemuse, bewilder; informal faze, flummox, floor, flabbergast, discombobulate, stump, bamboozle, fox.

 

Duden Dictionary

Nonplusultra

Non plus ul t ra , Non plus ul tra Substantiv, Neutrum oft scherzhaft oder spöttisch , das |Nonplus u ltra |das Nonplusultra; Genitiv: des Nonplusultra lateinisch non plus ultra = nicht noch weiter etwas, was nicht besser sein könnte, als es ist es gab viele Geschenke, aber das Nonplusultra war das Handy

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nonplus

non plus /nɑ̀nplʌ́s |nɔ̀n -/名詞 C 当惑, 困惑 ▸ put [reduce ] A to a nonplus A 〈人 〉を窮地に陥れる ▸ stand at a nonplus 進退きわまる .動詞 ～es ; ～ed , ｟英 ｠～sed ; ～ing , ｟英 ｠～sing 他動詞 〈人 〉を当惑させる (!しばしば 受け身で ) .