'Fluster' definitions:
Definition of 'fluster'
(from WordNet)
noun
A disposition that is confused or nervous and upset [syn: perturbation, fluster]
verb
Be flustered; behave in a confused manner
verb
Cause to be nervous or upset
Definition of 'Fluster'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Fluster'
From: GCIDE
- Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. [1913 Webster]
- The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fluster'
From: GCIDE
- Fluster \Flus"ter\, n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fluster'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- ado,
- agitate,
- agitation,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- ball up,
- becloud,
- bedazzle,
- befuddle,
- befuddlement,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- bluff,
- bluster,
- bluster and bluff,
- blustering,
- boastfulness,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- bother,
- botheration,
- bravado,
- brouhaha,
- bug,
- bullying,
- burst,
- bustle,
- chaos,
- churn,
- cloud,
- commotion,
- confound,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- conturbation,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- discombobulate,
- discombobulation,
- discomfit,
- discomfiture,
- discomfort,
- discommode,
- discompose,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertion,
- disorder,
- disorganization,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disorientation,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- distract,
- distraction,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- dizzy,
- ebullition,
- electrify,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- embroilment,
- entangle,
- excitement,
- fanfaronade,
- faze,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fit,
- flap,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- flusteration,
- flustration,
- flutter,
- flutteration,
- flutteriness,
- fog,
- foment,
- foofaraw,
- frenzy,
- fret,
- fuddle,
- fuddlement,
- fume,
- fuss,
- fussiness,
- hassle,
- haze,
- hectoring,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly-burly,
- inquietude,
- intimidation,
- jar,
- jitters,
- jolt,
- jumble,
- jumpiness,
- lather,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- maze,
- mess,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- moil,
- muddle,
- muddlement,
- mystify,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- nonplus,
- perplex,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- pother,
- pucker,
- put off,
- put out,
- puzzle,
- raise hell,
- rant,
- rattle,
- restlessness,
- rock,
- rodomontade,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- ruffle,
- scramble,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shock,
- shuffle,
- side,
- spasm,
- splutter,
- spurt,
- sputter,
- stagger,
- stew,
- stir,
- stir up,
- swagger,
- swashbucklery,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- swivet,
- throw,
- throw into confusion,
- throw off,
- tizzy,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- trouble,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- twitteration,
- unease,
- unhinge,
- unquiet,
- unrest,
- unsettle,
- unsettlement,
- upset,
- vortex,
- whirl