fluster

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
  • Verb:
    be flustered; behave in a confused manner
    cause to be nervous or upset

Word Origin

fluster (v.)
early 15c. (implied in flostrynge), "bluster, agitate," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Icelandic flaustr "bustle," flaustra "to bustle"), from Proto-Germanic *flaustra-. Originally "to excite," especially with drink; sense of "to flurry, confuse" is from 1724. Related: Flustered; flustering; flustery. As a noun, 1710, from the verb.

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Example

1. Doing several things at once and not getting in a fluster .
2. Simon " fluster " , don 't you mean ?
3. Don 't fluster me-i 'm trying to concentrate .
4. She laughed her parents into a fluster .
5. They tried to fluster me by not giving me time to answer .

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