flustrated
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flustrated
Example Sentences
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Mama was always fair, even when flustrated to distraction.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
He was flustrated and flushed, greatly to the enjoyment of the Overland girls.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
Huldy's got a high temper and she was so mad that she got flustrated, and that's what caused all the trouble.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton
They got so flustrated at being managed and so dazed by the pictures I showed them of the dresses I had drawn that they were lambs, perfect lambs.
From Kitty Canary by Bosher, Kate Langley
That is, I guess I mentioned it like, but Miss Dianny wus that flustrated an’ kind o’ angry she jest went right up to her room, an’ I thought best to git around hyar.”
From The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana by Cullum, Ridgwell
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