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flustered

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: discombobulated, flummoxed, fluttered, addle-pated, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at a loss for words, at sea, at sixes and sevens, baffled, befuddled, bewildered, confused, confuzzled, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, dumbfounded, flabagasted, flabbergasted, flabbergastered, flustered, jumbled, lost for words, minussed, misled, mixed up, muddled, muzzy, mystified, nonplussed, not with it, out of it, out to lunch, perplexed, punch-drunk, puzzled, spaced out, speechless, stumped, stymied, thrown, up a tree

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

Emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emotional, overwrought, red-faced

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 3

Emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.

Mildly turned on, mildly horny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emotional, overwrought, red-faced, ablaze, amorous, aroused, buckish, concupiscent, corny, desirous, drippy, DTF, excited, flustered, frisky, fuckish, gagging for it, horny, hot, hot and bothered, hot to trot, impure, in heat, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lustful, lusty, prurient, randy, ravenous, ruttish, rutty, sexed up, stimulated, thirsty, toey, toey as a Roman sandal, turned on, unchaste, venereal, venereous, wanton

Antonyms: none provided

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verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of fluster

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 5

thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hot and bothered(p), perturbed, rattled

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: hämillään — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion
  • German: verwirrt — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion
  • German: nervös — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion
  • Māori: hūkiki — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion
  • Spanish: aturullado — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion
  • Spanish: abrumado — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion
  • Spanish: nervioso — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion
  • Spanish: aturdido — In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion