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verb (used with object)
1.
to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
2.
to excite and confuse with drink.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become agitatedly confused.
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noun
4.
nervous excitement or confusion.
Related forms
un·flus·tered, adjective
Synonyms
1. upset, bewilder, disconcert, disturb. 4. turmoil, agitation, upset, bewilderment, distraction.
1. upset, bewilder, disconcert, disturb. 4. turmoil, agitation, upset, bewilderment, distraction.
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Example Sentences
- The change in the guard did not fluster the markets.
- The overall impact of the questions, which seemed designed to paint her scholarship as biased advocacy, seemed to fluster her.
- Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
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Word Origin & History
fluster
early 15c. (implied in flostyrynge), from a Scandinavian source (cf. Icel. flaustr "bustle," flaustra "to bustle"). Originally "to excite," especially with drink; sense of "to flurry, confuse" is from 1724. Related: Flustered; flustering.
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