hot and bothered
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In a state of agitated excitement, flustered, as in She was all hot and bothered before her big opening. [c. 1920]
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby hot and bothered
host-specific, hot, hot air, hot-air balloon, Hotan, hot and bothered, hot and heavy, hot as blazes, hotbed, hot-blooded, hotbox
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