to put to a nonplus
41pose — I v 1. affect, attitudinize, act, play to, make a show of; assume, put on airs, Sl. put on the dog, profess; feign, pretend, fake, sham, go through the motions; bluff, deceive, dissemble, posture; show off, swank, be vain, talk big, boast. 2.… …
42embarrass — [v] cause mental discomfort abash, agitate, annoy, bewilder, bother, bug, catch one short*, chagrin, confuse, discombobulate*, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, distract, distress, disturb, dumbfound, faze, fluster, give a bad… …
43discomfit — Synonyms and related words: abash, addle, addle the wits, annoy, appall, astound, baffle, balk, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, blast, bother, brave, bug, cast down, chagrin, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent, cloud,… …
44parry — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, around the bush, back and fill, beat about, beat around, beat off, beg the question, bicker, block, boggle, cavil, check, choplogic, confound, confute,… …
45silence — Synonyms and related words: answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, ataraxia, ataraxy, blow to pieces, blow up, blunt, bottle up, brain, brevity, briefness, bring down, brusqueness, burn to death, calm, calmness, censor, choke, choke …
46squash — Synonyms and related words: abrade, annihilate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, asphyxiate, assibilate, assibilation, atomize, bear, beat, black out, bottle up, bray, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, brecciate, bruise,… …
47throw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pitch, toss, cast, fling, hurl, sling; propel, project, unhorse, unseat; slang, stop, disconcert, confound. See propulsion. throw away or out throw up II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To hurl] Syn. fling, butt …
48abash — v disconcert, discomfit, take aback, ruffle, discompose; embarrass, chagrin, discountenance, put out of countenance, shame, put to shame, make ashamed, humiliate, mortify, humble, put down, take down, disgrace, cause to lose face; nonplus,… …
49shame — n 1. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, degradation, illrepute, bad repute, scandal; baseness, turpitude, debasement, vitiation, ingloriousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation; slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration,… …
50rattle — [v1] bang, jiggle bicker, bounce, clack, clatter, drum, jangle, jar, jolt, jounce, knock, shake, shatter, sound, vibrate; concepts 65,152 rattle [v2] talk aimlessly, endlessly babble, cackle, chat, chatter, clack, gab, gabble, gush, jabber, jaw,… …
