to put to a nonplus
21perplex — v 1. mystify, confound, bewilder, nonplus, baffle, puzzle, make uncertain, put to it, Inf. bamboozle, Inf. buffalo, Inf. stump; disconcert, Inf. discombobulate, stagger; abash, embarrass, put [s.o.] at a disadvantage or loss; stun, stupefy, daze …
22stump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stub, butt, snag, remnant, fag end; rostrum, pulpit; hobble, heavy tread. See remainder, shortness. v. confound, puzzle, nonplus; informal, electioneer. See doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. butt, piece …
23plural — [14] Plural is one of a range of English words that go back ultimately to Latin plūs ‘more’, a descendant (like English full and Greek pólus ‘much’, source of the English prefix poly ) of the Indo European base *plē ‘full’. This was borrowed into …
24deadlock — n 1. stalemate, impasse, standstill; quietus, halt, stop, stoppage, full stop, dead stop, cessation; stand, stay, check, checkmate, mate; block, blockage; stand off, tie, draw. 2. dilemma, perplexity, nonplus; predicament, hole, Inf. fix, corner; …
25stalemate — n 1. deadlock, impasse, standstill; qui etus, deathblow; halt, stop, stoppage, full stop, dead stop; stand, stay, check, checkmate, mate; blockage, block; stand off, tie, draw, dead heat. 2. dilemma, perplexity, nonplus; predicament, hole, Inf.… …
26plural — [14] Plural is one of a range of English words that go back ultimately to Latin plūs ‘more’, a descendant (like English full and Greek pólus ‘much’, source of the English prefix poly ) of the Indo European base *plē ‘full’. This was borrowed into …
27destroy — Synonyms and related words: abolish, abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annihilate, annul, assault, atomize, attack, baffle, balk, barbarize, batter, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, befoul, bereave of life, best, bewitch, blast, blight, botch, brave,… …
28dismiss — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, absolve, acquit, amnesty, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, ax, banish, beat back, belittle, boot, boot out, bounce, bow out, break, break up, brush aside, brush off, bump, bundle, bundle off,… …
29difficulty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) That which is hard to overcome Nouns 1. difficulty, hardness, impracticability, hard work, uphill work, hurdle; hard task, Herculean task, large order, hard row to hoe; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor; …
30stick — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stab, puncture, prick; put, place, thrust; glue; transfix, impale; informal, puzzle, stump. See opening, coherence, difficulty. v. i. adhere, cling; stay, remain, tarry; stall, freeze, be immobile …
