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flustered
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term) [syn: hot and bothered(p) , perturbed , rattled ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion. v (en-past of: fluster)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flustered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flustering .] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For a moment, the professor looked flustered . ▪ Glancing in, he saw a tall, flustered figure turning away in disgust from the counter. ▪ He entered the house by the front door and was confronted by a flustered maidservant. ...
Usage examples of flustered.
Tarquine and Ardoise immediately rose to their feet, though Tarquine did it with that quirk of her eyebrows that so flustered him.
Bill talked about giving his girlfriend crotchless panty hose for Christmas while Letterman looked appropriately flustered.
Every once in a while Matt would mess up and he looked so flustered that Maureen would erupt into giggles, laughing so hard that she had to press on her diaphragm to stop.
She looked guilty as much as flustered, and walked with small jerky steps between the long-legged Isabella and myself as we joined Orkney in the parade ring, no later than any other owner-trainer group.
The commander strode into the street, followed by flustered aides clutching luggage and maps.
His aide stopped dead, face flustered, and Anderson shook his head in exasperation.
He loves that flustered shyness as she delves between the chairs to produce a slim portfolio, the battered covers adorned with Simpsons stickers.
The flustered Liantine harbormaster had met him at the dock, conveying the royal party to the Great Hall with a combination of exasperation and concern.
But the immediate effect on the flustered and despoiled unfortunate one had been great enough to justify Lopez in taking strong steps if strong steps could in any way benefit himself.
Her kind heart went out to patients who, for the first time, arrived for treatment and wandered in bewilderment all over the place, despite the little signposts none of them ever saw, until someone took pity on them and showed them the way, to arrive, hot and flustered, late for their appointment.
She flustered that he was a naughty boy as she came all the way up with a tray of fresh tostadas and rum punch, made this time with just the lemon, sugar, and yerba buena, a sort of dry-country mint Spanish-speaking folks fancied more than some.
Jaurin was surprised to see General Ali Amin return to the waiting room, anxious and flustered.
Mrs Cantrip was in her rocking chair, engrossed in her 143 paper, a little flustered because he had caught her in idleness.
Notorious for answering literally, beings from other planes often flustered their conjurors by distorting the connotative meaning of a question's exact wording.
Notorious for answering literally, beings from other planes often flustered their conjurors by distorting the connotative meaning of a question’s exact wording.