fluster
/ˈflʌstəɹ/
Frequency: 1.79 in modern English
Meaning
verb
To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
Transitive verb
verb
To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
Transitive verb
verb
To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
Transitive verb
verb
To make (someone) feel flushed and hot through drinking alcoholic beverages; also, to make (someone) slightly drunk or tipsy.
Dated; Transitive verb
verb
To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
Intransitive verb
verb
To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "The aged housekeeper was no less flustered and hurried in obeying the numerous and contradictory commands of her mistress, […]"
- "Weel, Sam'l, I d'na want to fluster ye, but she's been ower lang wi' Lisbeth Fargus no to hae learnt her ways."
- "Three lads of Cypres, noble ſvvelling ſpirits, / That hold their honour, in a vvary diſtance, / The very Elements of this vvarlike Iſle, / Haue I tonight fluſtred vvith flovving cups, / And the vvatch too: novv mongſt this flocke of drunkards, / I am to put our Caſsio in ſome action, / That may offend the Iſle; […]"
- "His practice of flustering himself daily with claret was hardly considered as a fault by his contemporaries."
- "[S]ome [letters] are composed in a high state of vinous excitement, when his head is flustered with Burgundy, and his heart abounds with amorous warmth for his darling Prue: some are under the influence of the dismal headache and repentance next morning: […]"
- "He seemed to fluster when speaking in front of many people."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *flostren, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈflʌstəɹ/
- British English: /ˈflʌstə/