fluster
See also: flüster
English
Etymology
From a Scandinavian ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "gmq" is not valid. See WT:LOL.) language, akin to Icelandic flaustra (“to be flustered”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fluster (third-person singular simple present flusters, present participle flustering, simple past and past participle flustered)
- (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
- Macaulay
- His habit of flustering himself daily with claret.
- Macaulay
- (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
- He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.
- (intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
- South
- the flustering, vainglorious Greeks
- South
Derived terms
- flustered (adjective)
- flustering (adjective, present participle)
Translations
To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion
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Noun
fluster (plural flusters)
- A state of being flustered; overwrought confusion.