nonplussing 1 of 2

variants also nonplusing
present participle of nonplus

nonplussing

2 of 2

adjective

variants also nonplusing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonplussing
Verb
  • If that wasn’t embarrassing enough, then came an ugly post-game brawl that has gone viral on social media all over the world.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The justice character dimension has been perplexing to people.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There doesn’t seem to be anything untoward or disconcerting about this interest in physical health and well-being.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The young actor has a disconcerting awareness of the roiling potential of his changing body.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The news was, understandably, upsetting and customers took to Reddit to express their displeasure in the new policy.
    Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These memories will be both upsetting and bittersweet.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For anyone who haven’t heard about NuPhy’s GhostBar, this is how the company’s designers stop the larger keys from rattling and sounding cheap and hollow.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Dialogue stays crisp for late-night Netflix, and game audio feels punchy without rattling the shelves.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Tuesday will go down as one of Boston’s most confounding losses of the season, a 4-3 defeat in 11 innings to the Baltimore Orioles in which the club went 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In such a large, complex, dangerous, and confusing world, can one person make a difference to anything?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • These fictional AIs tapped into our deepest worries about healthcare—long waits at the doctor's office, confusing medical information and the wish for constant health guidance.
    Sanath Chilakala, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But the drum sound wasn’t nearly as dismaying as the studio’s piano, which kept slipping out of tune.
    Peter Ames Carlin, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2025
  • With a six-game deficit in the American League wild card hunt entering play on Monday, the Angels may be only a few series away from repeating their dismaying playbook from 2023.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Nonplussing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonplussing. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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