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Webster 1913 Edition
Fluster
Flus′ter
,Verb.
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.
His habit or
flustering
himself daily with claret. Macaulay.
Flus′ter
,Verb.
I.
To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
The
flstering
, vainglorious Greeks. South.
Flus′ter
,Noun.
Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fluster
FLUS'TER
,Verb.
T.
FLUS'TER
,Verb.
I.
FLUS'TER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fluster
fluster
See also: flüster
English
Verb
fluster (third-person singular simple present flusters, present participle flustering, simple past and past participle flustered)
- (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
- Macaulay
- His habit of flustering himself daily with claret.
- Macaulay
- (by extension) To confuse; befuddle; throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
- He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.
- (intransitive) To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
- South
- The flustering, vainglorious Greeks.
- South
Translations
To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion
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Derived terms
- flustered (adjective)
- flustering (adjective, present participle)