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
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Why, wouldn't anybody think that when it all comes from the same place, or pretty nigh the same place anyway, that they would get kinder flustrated and mixed up once in a while?
From Samantha at Saratoga by Holley, Marietta
“Well, I’ve seen you lose yours more’n a few times, when you got flustrated and excited; and it didn’t seem to hurt much,” Step Hen retorted.
From The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods The New Test for the Silver Fox Patrol by Carter, Herbert
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
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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