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Flustered

adjective

Thrown into a state of agitated confusion; ('rattled' is an informal term). Synonyms: hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled.

Fluster

verb

(past & past part. flustered; pres. part. flustering)

Be flustered; behave in a confused manner.

Cause to be nervous or upset.

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... Mining Company was not looking his usual debonair self that evening. His manner was nervous and flustered, his face pale and drawn with anxious lines. His coat lacked the customary boutonniere, and his crumpled linen and unshaved chin suggested that he had come direct from his office after a strenuous day without stopping to go through the formality of making a change ...

— The Mask - A Story of Love and Adventure • Arthur Hornblow

... fats, a lean, and a middlin' for samples, and I thought I'd send them some way, and I struck for home with them an' he ketched me plumb on the bridge. I had to throw my pie overboard, willer plate and all, and as God is my witness, I was so flustered the boy had good reason to think I was sick a-plenty; and soon as he noticed it, I thought of you spang off, and I knowed you'd know her whereabouts, and I made him fetch me to you. On the way I jest dragged it from him that ...

— The Harvester • Gene Stratton Porter

... Sangree to one side and moved away, while Maloney took the distressed girl into her tent, and his wife followed them, energetic and greatly flustered. ...

— Three More John Silence Stories • Algernon Blackwood

... went by in a whirl. The wedding, a large church affair, was to take place at twelve o'clock. He arose early, put on his Prince Albert, went down and ate his breakfast alone. The waitress was flustered, the coffee was burnt. He finished and anxiously wandered about. The maids were bustling in and out, with Deborah giving orders pellmell. The caterers came trooping in. The bridesmaids were arriving and hurrying up to Roger's room. ...

— His Family • Ernest Poole

... looking up slyly at Minks and his companion. 'The way he knocked against me almost seemed intentional,' Minks thought. The idea of pickpockets and cleverly disguised detectives ran confusedly in his mind. He felt a little flustered for some reason. ...

— A Prisoner in Fairyland • Algernon Blackwood

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