flustering
English
Etymology
From fluster
Pronunciation
Adjective
flustering (comparative more flustering, superlative most flustering)
- agitated, confusing
- 1840, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pathfinder[1], Lea and Blanchard, page 53:
- To me it seems, Mabel, that whenever a thing is really grand and potent, it has a quiet majesty about it, that is altogether unlike the frothy and flustering manner of smaller matters, and so it was with them rapids.
- 1875, Anthony Trollope, The Way We Live Now[2], Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135:
- There is always a flustering breeze in the air and a petrubation generally through the county when they come or go…
- 1997, Rosemary Perry, Teaching Practice: A Guide for Early Childhood Students[3], Routledge, page 57:
- Although at times my prac experiences were flustering and frustrating, I have gained many new insights into catering for the individual needs of children.
- 2004, Geoffrey Petty, Teaching Today: A Practical Guide, page 361:
- There is nothing more flustering than to wrestle with an unfamiliar piece of equipment in the presence of a class!
- 2007, Frank Swinnerton, Coquette[4], READ BOOKS, page 39:
- She almost forgot Toby while she was bathed in this flustering brilliance of light and noise.
Derived terms
Verb
flustering