单词 | flustered |
释义 | flustered (once / 6006 pages) adj To be flustered is to lose your cool. When you're flustered, you're embarrassed, agitated, or just confused. If your pants fell down in the middle of class while you were giving a presentation, you'd probably be flustered: highly embarrassed, out of breath, and a little freaked out. It's hard to concentrate when you're flustered — it's a distracting state of mind. Being flustered isn't quite as bad as being panicked, but it's close. People can also get flustered by good things, like if someone you had a crush on kissed you. WORD FAMILYflustered: unflustered+/fluster: flustered, flustering, flusters USAGE EXAMPLESBut then the singer, surrounded by dancers and a sea of humanity, appeared flustered and complained of technical difficulties. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) I was too surprised and flustered to be impressed. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) I got really flustered and my husband and I left early. Slate(Nov 28, 2016) adj thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) Syn hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled discomposed having your composure disturbed |
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