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English

Pronunciation

IPA /'flʌstə/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-fluster.ogg
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ʌstə(r)|-ʌstə(r)

Verb

To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
:He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.

Translations

Finnish: hermostuttaa, hämmentää

Derived terms

flustered (adjective)
flustering (adjective, present participle)

io:fluster it:fluster te:fluster vi:fluster zh:fluster

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fluster \Flus"ter\, n.
Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with
confusion; disorder.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
--Macaulay.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. i.
To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
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The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. --South.
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WordNet fluster
n : a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset [syn: perturbation]
v 1: be flustered; behave in a confused manner
2: cause to be nervous or upset

Moby Dictionary
addle , addle the wits , ado , agitate , agitation , baffle , bafflement ,
ball up , becloud , bedazzle , befuddle , befuddlement , bewilder ,
bewilderment , bluff , bluster , bluster and bluff , blustering ,
boastfulness , bobbery , boil , boiling , bother , botheration , bravado ,
brouhaha , bug , bullying , burst , bustle , chaos , churn , cloud ,
commotion , confound , confuse , confusion , conturbation , daze ,
dazzle , discombobulate , discombobulation , discomfit , discomfiture ,
discomfort , discommode , discompose , discomposure , disconcert ,
disconcertion , disorder , disorganization , disorganize , disorient ,
disorientation , disquiet , disquietude , distract , distraction ,
disturb , disturbance , dither , dizzy , ebullition , electrify ,
embarrass , embarrassment , embroilment , entangle , excitement ,
fanfaronade , faze , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , fever ,
feverishness , fidgetiness , fidgets , fit , flap , flummox , flurry ,
flusteration , flustration , flutter , flutteration , flutteriness ,
fog , foment , foofaraw , frenzy , fret , fuddle , fuddlement , fume ,
fuss , fussiness , hassle , haze , hectoring , hubbub , hullabaloo ,
hurly-burly , inquietude , intimidation , jar , jitters , jolt , jumble ,
jumpiness , lather , maelstrom , malaise , maze , mess , mist , mix up ,
moider , moil , muddle , muddlement , mystify , nerviness , nervosity ,
nervousness , nonplus , perplex , perplexity , perturb , perturbation ,
pother , pucker , put off , put out , puzzle , raise hell , rant , rattle ,
restlessness , rock , rodomontade , roil , rout , row , ruffle , scramble ,
seethe , seething , shake , shake up , shock , shuffle , side , spasm ,
splutter , spurt , sputter , stagger , stew , stir , stir up , swagger ,
swashbucklery , sweat , swirl , swivet , throw , throw into confusion ,
throw off , tizzy , to-do , trepidation , trepidity , trouble , tumult ,
tumultuation , turbidity , turbulence , turmoil , twitter ,
twitteration , unease , unhinge , unquiet , unrest , unsettle ,
unsettlement , upset , vortex , whirl