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flustered
flus·ter F0209200 (flŭs′tər) v. flus·tered, flus·ter·ing, flus·ters v. tr. To make agitated, excited, or confused: Shouts from the protesters flustered the speaker. I was flustered by my teacher's comments and began to stumble over my words. v. intr. To become agitated, excited, or confused: a shy student who flusters easily. n. A state of agitation, excitement, or confusion: The heavy traffic put the driver in a fluster.
[From Middle English flostring, agitation, probably of Scandinavian origin; see pleu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] flustered (ˈflʌstəd) adjin a state of confusion or agitationThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | flustered - thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)hot and bothered, perturbed, rattledcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechdiscomposed - having your composure disturbed; "looked about with a wandering and discomposed air" |
Translationsflustered
Synonyms for flusteredadj thrown into a state of agitated confusionSynonyms- hot and bothered
- perturbed
- rattled
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