FLUSTER DEFINITIONS - 13 definitions found
fluster n 1: a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset [syn: perturbation, fluster] v 1: be flustered; behave in a confused manner 2: cause to be nervous or upset fluster restful Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) fluster I. verb (flustered; flustering) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic flaustur hurry Date: 1604 transitive verb 1. to make tipsy 2. to put into a state of agitated confusion ; upset intransitive verb to move or behave in an agitated or confused manner Synonyms: see discompose • flusteredly adverb II. noun Date: 1712 a state of agitated confusion Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary fluster (flusters, flustering, flustered) If you fluster someone, you make them feel nervous and confused by rushing them and preventing them from concentrating on what they are doing. The General refused to be flustered... She was a very calm person. Nothing could fluster her. VERB: be V-ed, V n • flustered She was so flustered that she forgot her reply. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ English Explanatory Dictionary fluster ˈflʌstə v. & n. --v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become nervous or confused; flurry (was flustered by the noise; he flusters easily). 2 tr. confuse with drink; half-intoxicate. 3 intr. bustle. --n. a confused or agitated state. [ME: orig. unkn.: cf. Icel. flaustr(a) hurry, bustle] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. --South. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flustering.] [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. --Macaulay. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Fluster \Flus"ter\, n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms fluster I. v. a. 1. Excite, heat. 2. Hurry, agitate, perturb, disturb, flurry, ruffle. 3. Confuse, disconcert, discompose, flurry, confound, throw off one's balance. II. n. 1. Heat, glow. 2. Agitation. See flurry. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) fluster ˈflʌstə v. 1 agitate, stir (up), discompose, discomfit, discomfort, disconcert, shake (up), upset, disquiet, discommode, bother, put out or off, disturb, perturb, flurry, flutter, make nervous, throw off, distract, confuse, baffle, confound, puzzle, perplex, befuddle, bewilder, daze, dazzle, Colloq rattle, throw, discombobulate, hassle, faze: Don't be flustered by her rude manner. --n. 2 agitation, upset, discomfort, disquiet, bother, disturbance, commotion, perturbation, dither, flurry, flutter, nervousness, distraction, confusion, bafflement, befuddlement, perplexity, bewilderment: All this fluster came about through the absence of a coherent plan. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 191 Moby Thesaurus words for "fluster": addle, addle the wits, ado, agitate, agitation, baffle, bafflement, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado, brouhaha, bug, bullying, burst, bustle, chaos, churn, cloud, commotion, confound, confuse, confusion, conturbation, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discomfort, discommode, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disquiet, disquietude, distract, distraction, disturb, disturbance, dither, dizzy, ebullition, electrify, embarrass, embarrassment, embroilment, entangle, excitement, fanfaronade, faze, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flummox, flurry, flusteration, flustration, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, fog, foment, foofaraw, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, fume, fuss, fussiness, hassle, haze, hectoring, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, inquietude, intimidation, jar, jitters, jolt, jumble, jumpiness, lather, maelstrom, malaise, maze, mess, mist, mix up, moider, moil, muddle, muddlement, mystify, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, nonplus, perplex, perplexity, perturb, perturbation, pother, pucker, put off, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rant, rattle, restlessness, rock, rodomontade, roil, rout, row, ruffle, scramble, seethe, seething, shake, shake up, shock, shuffle, side, spasm, splutter, spurt, sputter, stagger, stew, stir, stir up, swagger, swashbucklery, sweat, swirl, swivet, throw, throw into confusion, throw off, tizzy, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, twitteration, unease, unhinge, unquiet, unrest, unsettle, unsettlement, upset, vortex, whirl |
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