flustrated

American

[fluhs-trey-tid] / ˈflʌs treɪ tɪd /

Also flusterated

adjective

flustered; agitated.

Etymology

Origin of flustrated

flustrate (blend of fluster and frustrate ) + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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Mama was always fair, even when flustrated to distraction.

From Literature

I'm sure I can't tell whether I'm on my head or my heels; and if I was to go down yonder to the Sycamore Spring and hear all the palavering there, I should get so flustrated I wouldn't know which eend of me went foremost.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Kimball was so "flustrated," as she put it, that she hardly knew whether she was passing the bread or the cake.

From Project Gutenberg

I feel almost too flustrated to meet your Western friends,” and she smoothed out various discrepancies in her toilette.

From Project Gutenberg

I never see a man so flustrated as Linkin was.

From Project Gutenberg

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