nonplused

[ UK /nˌɒnplˈʌsd/ ]

ADJECTIVE

filled with bewilderment
puzzled that she left without saying goodbye
at a loss to understand those remarks

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How To Use nonplused In A Sentence

But today we're nonplused by the phenomenon that a good number of students, rather than enjoying the sublime happiness supposed to be provided by education, do not hide their detestation for it.
He rummaged through the pockets inside his long, white coat and pro - duced the missing instrument, nonplused. Stalling