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

He was greatly surprised, and rather flustrated,—and was glad again his skin was dark.

From Project Gutenberg

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

Some offers I've had that I cannot call bad; There was Deacon Philander Breezee; I'd a sartin sed Yes, when he wanted a kiss, Ef he hadn't so flustrated me.

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

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