Flustered

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flustered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Flustering}.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered,
     flaustr a fluster.]
     To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to
     throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
                                                    --Macaulay.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flustered
       adj : thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an
             informal term) [syn: {hot and bothered(p)}, {perturbed},
              {rattled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "flustered":
     addled, agitated, balled-up, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk,
     bothered, chaotic, confused, crapulent, crapulous, discomposed,
     disconcerted, disordered, disorganized, disquieted, disturbed,
     dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken, embarrassed, excited, far-gone,
     feverish, fidgety, flurried, fluttered, fou, full, fussed, gay,
     giddy, glorious, happy, in a jumble, in a pother, in a pucker,
     in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet, in a tizzy, in liquor,
     inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jittery, jolly,
     jumbled, jumpy, maudlin, mellow, merry, mixed-up, muddled, nappy,
     nervous, nervy, perplexed, perturbed, put-out, rattled, reeling,
     restless, ruffled, shaken, shaken up, shikker, shook, shuffled,
     sodden, sotted, stirred up, tiddly, tipsy, troubled, troublous,
     turbulent, under the influence, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet,
     unsettled, upset