fluster

Plural: flusters

Noun

• a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
• A state of agitation or confusion; a flutter.
• A state of slight drunkenness or tipsiness; also, the excitement caused by this state.
• Showiness, splendour.

Verb

Verb Forms: flustered, flustering, flusters

• To make someone agitated or confused.
• be flustered; behave in a confused manner
• cause to be nervous or upset
• To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
• To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
• To make (someone) feel flushed and hot through drinking alcoholic beverages; also, to make (someone) slightly drunk or tipsy.
• To be agitated and confused; to bustle.
• To catch attention; to be showy or splendid.
• To boast or brag noisily; to bluster, to swagger.
• Of a seed: to produce a shoot quickly.

Examples

• He seemed to fluster when speaking in front of many people.
• The ticking clock began to FLUSTER the Scrabble player, leading to a rash decision.

Synonyms

perturbation, agitate, baffle, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bumfuzzle, complicate, confound, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, dumbfound, faze, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flummox, flurry, fluster, fuddle, jumble, knot, lose, mix up, perplex, puzzle, stick, throw

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