fluster

fluster
    n 1: a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset [syn:
         {perturbation}, {fluster}]
    v 1: be flustered; behave in a confused manner
    2: cause to be nervous or upset
    

Fluster \Flus"ter\, n.
   Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with
   confusion; disorder.
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Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. 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.
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         His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. i.
   To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
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         The flstering, vainglorious Greeks.      --South.
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191 Moby Thesaurus words for "fluster":
      addle, addle the wits, ado, agitate, agitation, baffle, bafflement,
      ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder,
      bewilderment, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering,
      boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado,
      brouhaha, bug, bullying, burst, bustle, chaos, churn, cloud,
      commotion, confound, confuse, confusion, conturbation, daze,
      dazzle, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture,
      discomfort, discommode, discompose, discomposure, disconcert,
      disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient,
      disorientation, disquiet, disquietude, distract, distraction,
      disturb, disturbance, dither, dizzy, ebullition, electrify,
      embarrass, embarrassment, embroilment, entangle, excitement,
      fanfaronade, faze, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever,
      feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flummox, flurry,
      flusteration, flustration, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness,
      fog, foment, foofaraw, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, fume,
      fuss, fussiness, hassle, haze, hectoring, hubbub, hullabaloo,
      hurly-burly, inquietude, intimidation, jar, jitters, jolt, jumble,
      jumpiness, lather, maelstrom, malaise, maze, mess, mist, mix up,
      moider, moil, muddle, muddlement, mystify, nerviness, nervosity,
      nervousness, nonplus, perplex, perplexity, perturb, perturbation,
      pother, pucker, put off, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rant, rattle,
      restlessness, rock, rodomontade, roil, rout, row, ruffle, scramble,
      seethe, seething, shake, shake up, shock, shuffle, side, spasm,
      splutter, spurt, sputter, stagger, stew, stir, stir up, swagger,
      swashbucklery, sweat, swirl, swivet, throw, throw into confusion,
      throw off, tizzy, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult,
      tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter,
      twitteration, unease, unhinge, unquiet, unrest, unsettle,
      unsettlement, upset, vortex, whirl