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Definition of Fluster
1. Noun. A disposition that is confused or nervous and upset.
2. Verb. Be flustered; behave in a confused manner.
3. Verb. Cause to be nervous or upset. "The good news will fluster her"
Definition of Fluster
1. v. t. To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
2. v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
3. n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.
Definition of Fluster
1. Verb. To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluster
1. to put into a state of nervous confusion [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluster
Literary usage of Fluster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"fluster, to heat with drinking, confuse. (Scand.) See Shak. Oth. ii. 3. 60. ...
Dei. fluster, sb. FOIN, to thrust or lunge with a sword. (F.. ..."
2. Under Both Flags: A Panorama of the Great Civil War as Represented in Story by George Morley Vickers (1896)
"Uncle fluster looked his wife full in the face, indignation and contempt ...
But, Uncle fluster, win-re did you get all these things ; I insist on you ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"The visible condition of an excited speaker would bo fluster, ... The word has
also the meaning of hurry, 'lie's in a fluster to bo oft' ' [Eez' iu ..."
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