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Flustered   /flˈəstərd/   Listen
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Fluster  v. t.  (past & past part. flustered; pres. part. flustering)  To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. "His habit or flustering himself daily with claret."



Fluster  v. i.  To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. "The flstering, vainglorious Greeks."






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"Flustered" Quotes from Famous Books



... days de gospel trufe; but I'se kinder flustered 'bout dat yaller cat caze ole miss sutney do set a heap er sto' by 'er. She ain' never let de dawgs come in de 'oom, nohow, caze once she done feel Beulah rar 'er back at Spy. She's des stone blin', is ole miss, but ...
— The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields • Ellen Glasgow

... into earnest. Theodore went straight to the maiden aunt, with whom Miss Jones resided, and, after most vehement badgering, got her consent to a private marriage within three days. The poor spinster, though much flustered, knowing his attentions to Lesbia had been a good deal talked about, felt almost relieved to have it settled respectably, though ...
— Bluebell - A Novel • Mrs. George Croft Huddleston

... loss what to say, being so flustered by her carriage and her words, which seemed to make it plain to me that I had sorely misjudged the dead man. But I said nothing, and moved a little way from her; and she, seeing my disinclination, laughed again, and then ...
— Marjorie • Justin Huntly McCarthy

... said, in a sort of cheerful welcome. She got down, rather flustered, and gave him a ...
— England, My England • D.H. Lawrence

... so much flustered that she had not even presence of mind to look for the servant, who had never been ordered to come, but the parson relieved her by saying in his round, deep voice, "I hope you will not refuse me the honour of seeing you home, since our roads happen to lie together," ...
— Tales from Many Sources - Vol. V • Various


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