flusterverb [ T ]
uk/ˈflʌs.tər/us/ˈflʌs.tɚ/to make someone upset and confused, especially when they are trying to do something
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Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- flap
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- haunt
- joke
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- unsettling
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
- weigh sb down
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flusternoun [ S ]
uk/ˈflʌs.tər/us/ˈflʌs.tɚ/an upset and confused state:
The important thing when you're cooking for a lot of people is not to get in a fluster.
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Anxiety and worry - general words
- agitation
- angst
- anxiety
- apprehension
- consternation
- discomfit
- discomfort
- misgiving
- nerve
- overwork
- panic attack
- perturbation
- preoccupation
- restive
- skittish
- strain
- trepidation
- uneasiness
- vexation
- yip
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