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- Dictionaryflustered/ˈflʌstəd/
adjective
- 1. agitated or confused: "a flustered commuter"
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upset and confused: She seemed a little flustered. If I look flustered it's because I'm trying to do so many things at once. Synonym. perturbed formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anxious and worried. (all) hot and bothered idiom. aflutter.
adjective. flus· tered ˈflə-stərd. Synonyms of flustered. : in a state of agitated confusion. She became so flustered that she'd … kept repeating, "Gosh, I can't even think …" Later she confided, "I was almost in tears right after doing those numbers." Stephen S. Hall. The flustered lady gave me a blank stare and said, "That's not Mr. Franklin.
When you're flustered, you're embarrassed, agitated, or just confused. If your pants fell down in the middle of class while you were giving a presentation, you'd probably be flustered: highly embarrassed, out of breath, and a little freaked out.
1. : to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset. The speaker was obviously flustered by the interruption. "Now don't overexcite yourself, Grandpa," Mrs. Bucket said. "And don't fluster poor Charlie. We must all try to keep very calm." Roald Dahl. 2. : to make tipsy. There is much that is, in truth, dishonest even in honest play.
FLUSTER definition: 1. to make someone upset and confused, especially when they are trying to do something 2. an upset…. Learn more.
adjective. in a state of confusion or agitation. Marianne noted his flustered appearance. He gets all flustered and doesn't know what to say. She was so flustered that she forgot her reply. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'flustered' in a sentence. flustered.
Definition of flustered adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
