fluster
verb (used with object)
to put into a state of agitated confusion.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Meanwhile Nunziata Villari in Milan was flustering the maid Marietta over the packing of her trunks, and getting ready to leave for her twelve performances in England.
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres