| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To perturb, disturb, derange or unsettle.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To abet or incite. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To churn, stir, waggle, wiggle or whisk. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To agitate, brandish, shake or riffle. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To affect or move. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To flounder or wallow. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To gauge, investigate, explore or rummage. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To confuse, bewilder, disconcert, bemuse or fuddle.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Present participle conjugation of the verb fluster.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fluster) | 1. Be flustered; behave in a confused manner.[Wordnet]. 2. Cause to be nervous or upset.[Wordnet]. 3. To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.[Websters]. 4. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: flustering, flustered, flusters, flusterer, flusterers, flusteringly and flusteredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FLUSTERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references) |
Specialty Definition: fluster
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; to hurry; to agitate; to confuse.. | 2: [Verb] To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | |
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion. He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
