Thesaurus: fluster
To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
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Definitions
- v. t. To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
- v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
- n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
- n. a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset
- v. be flustered; behave in a confused manner
- v. cause to be nervous or upset
- To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
- To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, tothrow into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay.
- n:10/v:90 v. be flustered; behave in a confused manner v. cause to be nervous or upset