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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLUS'TER, v.t. To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; to hurry; to agitate; to confuse.
FLUS'TER, v.i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated.
FLUS'TER, n. Heat; glow; agitation; confusion; disorder.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

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. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.: cf. Icel. flaustr(a) hurry, bustle

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

Fluster Flus"ter, n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

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.

Moby Thesaurus

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