flustered

[ fluhs-terd ]

/ ˈflʌs tərd /

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adjective

in a state of agitated or nervous confusion: In the past, I have prepared to take exams feeling flustered and anxious, but now I am more confident in my abilities.

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Origin of flustered

fluster + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM flustered

un·flus·tered, adjective

Words nearby flustered

flush left, flushometer, flush right, flushwork, fluster, flustered, flustrated, flute, fluted, fluter, flutey

How to use flustered in a sentence

After a flustered search the driver handed a passport to Harmon.
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Although those criticisms have forced her to play defense, Galloway hardly seems flustered.
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It's important that though she's flustered she knows his number and stands up to him as his equal.
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Mandel looked flustered; he obviously considers himself a talented comic.
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Flustered, I typed “iTunes” into the tiny oblong search box to see how many charges there were in total.
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On the phone, Walt is flustered—he says “bug up his butt” instead of “stick”—but Skyler buys it.
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Miss China and her translator were both visibly flustered, but the best was Bravo exec Andy Cohen.
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She followed him into the clean little kitchen, half amused, half flustered.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Her color was unusually high, and had she been any but a lady of the grande monde I should have said that she was flustered.
Mrs. Raffles|John Kendrick Bangs
"I'm so very sorry," Anson said, slightly flustered, remembering that this was always the crucial moment in a sale.
The Salesman|Waldo T. Boyd
One of the servants and flatterers of Agathocles, whose name was Philo, came out to the stadium still flustered with wine.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2)|Polybius
Mr Neeld was sadly flustered by these recurring references to him.
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