Tag: Nonplussed

• Adjective: Nonplussed
  1. unsure about what to say, think, or do : perplexed
  2. chiefly US : not bothered, surprised, or impressed by something
• Synonyms:
  1. dazed
  2. bewildered
  3. confounded
  4. confused
  5. disconcerted
  6. muddled
  7. stupefied
  8. at a loss
  9. awestruck
  10. uncomprehending
  11. wonderstruck
• Usage:
  1. “Can you be plussed?
     Interestingly, there is no word plussed. You can only be nonplussed. People are nonplussed when they’re astounded, exasperated, or at a loss. “I’m nonplussed,” you say when your mother tells you she’s marrying her 25-year-old personal trainer..”
• Encountered:
  1.  Actually what happened was that I was going to use nonplussed in a sentence, and thought I, “am I using the word correctly?” Turns out I was if you go by the second definition that is chiefly US.  So I was, depending on my audience.  But then I stumbled on the little piece above.  I just love the sentence in red, two entirely different meanings depending on which definition you go with.

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