flustered
About 0.54 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.
- adjective Emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- adjective Mildly turned on, mildly horny.
- verb simple past and past participle of fluster
Similar words
perturbed discomposed hot and bothered rattled edgy jumpy jittery restless troubled upset
Often followed by
and by when at as to that or her
Word family
flusteredly
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