fluster

nounperturbation, upset

verbupset, perturb

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noun perturbation, upset

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Word Origin & History

early 15c. (implied in flostyrynge), from a Scandinavian source (cf. Icelandic flaustr "bustle," flaustra "to bustle"). Originally "to excite," especially with drink; sense of "to flurry, confuse" is from 1724. Related: Flustered; flustering. As a noun, 1710, from the verb.

Example Sentences for fluster

There was no longer any fluster of doubt and hesitation in his manner.

And you'll realize, dear reader, that you're all in a fluster, inwardly.

You might as well try to move one of the pyramids as fluster him.

No speech or behaviour from the country lads was likely to fluster her.

I am the man to take at once, and fluster a woman, and reckon her ribs for her.

In all this fret and fluster Mr Marston took the most intense interest.

She had not time in the whirl and fluster of this gaiety to think it all out.

Here is Thanksgiving Day right on top of us, and I am all in a fluster.

In vain I prolong my examination: there is no fluster of any kind.

One should always take advantage of the fluster caused by the arrest.

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