flustern.
/ˈflʌstə/, U.S. /ˈfləstər/ 1. † a. Excitement proceeding from intoxication. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drunkenness
drunkennessc893
drunkenc950
drunknessc1160
drunkenheada1300
drunkhead1340
drunkelewnessa1387
winedrunkennessa1387
drunkship1393
drunkelewc1430
vinolence1430
yverescec1430
drunkenshipc1440
drunkelecc1450
barley-hooda1529
ebriety1582
alecy1594
distemper1600
insobriety1611
disguisea1616
perpotation1623
temulency1623
vinolency1623
intoxication1624
pot-shot1630
ebriosity1646
inebriation1646
Bacchation1656
fluster1710
temulentness1727
fuddle1764
inebriety1801
temulence1803
Lushington1823
fluffiness1860
booziness1863
jag1891
brannigan1892
befuddlement1905
mokus1924
muzzy-headedness1930
pixilation1936
1710 Tatler No. 252. ⁋4 When Caska adds to his natural Impudence the Fluster of a Bottle.
b. A confused or agitated state of mind; a flurry, flutter.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. i. 49 He has been in such a Fluster here.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. iv. 57 In the Tower Victory sets, all of a fluster.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters viii. 209 All this fluster may have arisen from a horror of the steward.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]
prideOE
nobleyec1300
farec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
rialtya1375
estatec1385
lordliness1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
worthinessc1450
pomperyc1460
affairc1480
gloryc1480
majesty1481
triumpha1513
shine?1529
royalness?1548
sumptuosity1550
triumphing1569
magnificie1570
presence1570
gite1589
equipage1612
majesticalness1613
ceremonya1616
splendour1616
stateliness1637
majesticnessa1643
scheme1647
pageantry1651
grandeur1652
splendidnessa1657
magnanimity1658
magnificency1668
fluster1676
energy1764
pompa1783
panoply1790
pageanting1873
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. B2v His wit consisting wholly in his dresse, he would..have it all about him; as to the end that being huff'd up in all his ecclesiastical fluster, he might appear more formidable.
a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) VI. 254 Let no present fluster of Fortune..transport the Man himself with Confidence.
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flusterv.
/ˈflʌstə/, U.S. /ˈfləstər/ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]
astirc1000
stir?c1225
araisec1374
entalentc1374
flamec1380
reara1382
raisec1384
commove1393
kindlea1400
fluster1422
esmove1474
talent1486
heavec1540
erect?1555
inflame1560
to set on gog1560
yark1565
tickle1567
flesh1573
concitate1574
rouse1574
warmc1580
agitate1587
spirit1598
suscitate1598
fermentate1599
nettle1599
startle1602
worka1616
exagitate1621
foment1621
flush1633
exacuatea1637
ferment1667
to work up1681
pique1697
electrify1748
rattle1781
pump1791
to touch up1796
excite1821
to key up1835
to steam up1909
jazz1916
steam1922
volt1930
whee1949
to fire up1976
geek1984
1422 [see flustering n. and adj. at Derivatives].
2. transitive. To flush or excite with drink, make half-tipsy.
ΘΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (transitive)] > make drunk > make partially drunk
dozy1568
to gild over1574
mizzle1583
flustera1616
stain1631
elevatea1704
flustrate1712
jollify1824
tipsify1837
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 54 Three lads of Cypres..Haue I to night flustred with flowing cups.
1731 H. Fielding Letter-writers ii. v. 25 My Nephew..hath taken me to the Tavern, and..almost fluster'd me.
1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iii. 139 His head is flustered with Burgundy.
3. † b. Of seed: To shoot up quickly; to push.
a. intransitive. To be excited or eager; to move with agitation or confusion; to bustle.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > be or become excited [verb (intransitive)]
stira1000
resea1250
to move one's blood (also mood)c1330
fluster1613
fever1632
foment1646
ferment1671
animate1779
self-excite1832
effervesce1850
to turn on1966
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > move about in confusion or disorder
jumblea1529
fluster1613
to shove and heave1638
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > be brisk or active > bustle
buskle1545
bustle1548
buffle1610
buzz1638
fettle1745
fluster1808
spufflea1825
fly (a)round1833
scrimmage1833
to come mumbudgeting1872
whew1873
spry1885
1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 136 Who will not fluster to be one?
1636 Div. Trag. lately Acted 27 A blacke ball..flew into the bell free..then it flustered about the Church.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Fluster, to be in a state of bustle.
1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming III. xii. 195 He broke out upon Mrs. Sumfit..which caused her to fluster guiltily.
1879 Cornhill Mag. June 699 They flustered out, abashed like poultry who have been played upon with garden hose.
1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 16 The Dutch gunboat came flustering up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > be a seed [verb (intransitive)] > germinate or grow
acrospirec1430
chit1601
fluster1650
pullulate1657
plant1849
1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis 123 Both were exceeding glad to see the corne so fluster upon the ground that was sown by their hands.
c. To bluster, swagger.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > be proud [verb (intransitive)] > behave proudly
swella1250
to make it stoutc1315
to bear oneself stout1338
bridlea1475
to make it prouda1500
strut1518
to set up one's bristles1529
strut?c1570
square1584
square1590
swagger1600
to take on1603
puff1633
fluster1698
to hold one's head high1707
crest1713
to set out the shin1719
straddle1802
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > be or become arrogant [verb (intransitive)]
cock1542
swagger1600
domineer1607
fluster1698
to throw (chuck, etc.) one's weight about or around1917
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
1698 [see flustering n. and adj. at Derivatives].
d. dialect. See quot. 1876.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)]
brandishc1340
ruffle1484
braga1556
swash1556
flourish1563
flaunt1566
prank1567
prink1573
to shake, wag the feather1581
peacockize1598
air1605
display1608
to launch it out1608
flasha1616
to cut it out1619
flare1633
vapour1652
peacock1654
spark1676
to gallantrize it1693
bosh1709
glare1712
to cut a bosh1726
to show away1728
to figure away, off1749
parade1749
to cut a dashc1771
dash1786
to cut up1787
to cut a flash1795
to make, or cut, a splash1804
swank1809
to come out strong1825
to cut a spludge1831
to cut it (too) fat1836
pavonize1838
splurge1844
to do the grand1847
to cut a swath1848
to cut a splurge1860
to fan out1860
spread1860
skyre1871
fluster1876
to strut one's stuff1926
showboat1937
floss1938
style1968
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Flowster or fluster, to flourish or flutter, in showy colours.
4. transitive. To flurry, confuse.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]
abobc1330
confusec1350
confoundc1374
cumbera1375
passc1384
maskerc1400
mopc1425
enose1430
manga1450
overmusec1460
perplex1477
maze1482
enmuse1502
ruffle?a1505
unsteady1532
entangle1540
duddle1548
intricate1548
distraught1579
distract1582
mizzle1583
moider1587
amuse1595
mist1598
bepuzzle1599
gravel1601
plunder1601
puzzle1603
intrigue1612
vexa1613
metagrobolize?a1616
befumea1618
fuddle1617
crucify1621
bumfiddlea1625
implicate1625
giddify1628
wilder1642
buzzlea1644
empuzzle1646
dunce1649
addle1652
meander1652
emberlucock1653
flounder1654
study1654
disorient1655
embarrass?1656
essome1660
embrangle1664
jumble1668
dunt1672
muse1673
clutter1685
emblustricate1693
fluster1720
disorientate1728
obfuscate1729
fickle1736
flustrate1797
unharmonize1797
mystify1806
maffle1811
boggle1835
unballast1836
stomber1841
throw1844
serpentine1850
unbalance1856
tickle1865
fog1872
bumfuzzle1878
wander1897
to put off1909
defeat1914
dither1919
befuddle1926
ungear1931
to screw up1941
1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer iii. 166 My scatter'd Thoughts, that were fluster'd upon that Occasion.
1785 A. Murphy Way to keep Him (new ed.) i. 26 Ma'am, if I was as you, I would not fluster myself about it.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. v. 112 The aged housekeeper was no less flustered and hurried in obeying the numerous..commands of her mistress.
1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. lii. 9 Men must not too much fluster us.
Derivatives
ˈflustering n. and adj.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > [noun]
eschaufingc1386
excitinga1387
excitationc1400
flustering1422
exagitation1603
upstirring1613
suscitation1646
exsuscitation1692
flushing1775
animation1817
excitement1830
piquing1855
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > briskness or activeness > bustle or fuss > bustling or fussing
flustering1422
bustlingc1450
buskling1546
fussation1775
fussing1826
fussification1834
rustling1872
fidget1890
spuffling1893
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective]
termagant1546
roisterly1555
swashing1556
puffing1566
roisting1567
cocking1568
braving1579
huffling1582
kill-cow1589
roister-doistering1593
roister-doisterly1593
hufty-tufty1596
swaggering1596
huff-cap1597
sword-and-buckler1598
huffing1602
pyrgopolinizing1605
bold-beatinga1616
swash1635
swaga1640
blustering1652
bravashing1652
hectoring1664
hectorly1676
huffy1677
huff-snuff1693
swashbuckling1693
flustering1698
blustery1739
huffish1755
bravading1812
topping1815
Bobadilish1832
Bobadilian1837
fanfaronading1837
bucko1883
swashbucklering1884
swaggery1886
blokeish1920
blokey1938
1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 129 The flostyrynge of the losengers that the[e] Plesyn, thou sholdyst gretly drede.
1698 R. South 12 Serm. III. 263 The Flustring Vain-glorious Greeks.
1826 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds (ed. 6) II. 142 When it is very closely pursued, and compelled to rise, it [the coot] does this with much flustering and apparent difficulty.
ˈflusterment n. the state of being flustered.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
1895 Expositor Apr. 296 Palpitations, flusterments, hesitancies seem to turn our message into farce.
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