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flustered

[fluhs-terd] / ˈflʌs tərd /
ADJECTIVE
agitated
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ADJECTIVE
embarrassed
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Antonyms
STRONG




ADJECTIVE
hot and bothered
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ADJECTIVE
perturbed
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ADJECTIVE
shaken
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Example Sentences

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I found Hendler and Sony’s head of IT: grown men, experts in their fields, veterans who did not get flustered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

A flustered Davidson then asked the officers what they’ve learned from the meeting.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

Anisimova belatedly won her first point of the match but Pegula comfortably held for 2-0, then had her flustered opponent under pressure once more.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

“One of the key and critical sequences,” McVay said of that late first-half hammer, which led to a dazzling third quarter that finished the flustered Lions.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

It must have flustered him, because he left his briefcase behind when he went out to the vigil.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon