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Dictionary Results For "fluster" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Pronunciation


Verb

{{en-verb|flusters|flustering|flustered|flustered}}

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


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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.
[1913 Webster]

His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
--Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]

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


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