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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fluster \Flus"ter\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
flustered
adjective: thrown into a state of agitated confusion; ('rattled' is an informal term) [syn: {hot and bothered(p)}, {perturbed}, {rattled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "flustered": addled, agitated, balled-up, beery, bemused, besotted, blind drunk, bothered, chaotic, confused, crapulent, crapulous, discomposed, disconcerted, disordered, disorganized, disquieted, disturbed, dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken, embarrassed, excited, far-gone, feverish, fidgety, flurried, fluttered, fou, full, fussed, gay, giddy, glorious, happy, in a jumble, in a pother, in a pucker, in a stew, in a sweat, in a swivet, in a tizzy, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jittery, jolly, jumbled, jumpy, maudlin, mellow, merry, mixed-up, muddled, nappy, nervous, nervy, perplexed, perturbed, put-out, rattled, reeling, restless, ruffled, shaken, shaken up, shikker, shook, shuffled, sodden, sotted, stirred up, tiddly, tipsy, troubled, troublous, turbulent, under the influence, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unsettled, upset
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