flustered
AdjectiveUS[fluhs-terd]/ˈflʌstɚd/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (‘rattled’ is an informal term)Synonyms: hot and botheredperturbedrattledOpposite composedSimilar discomposed
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“flustered” is listed under Fluster.
Flus′ter transitive verb [past tense & past participle Flustered; present participle & verbal noun Flustering.]
Origin: 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.
His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54