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Meanings of fluster in English

Catalan
neguit
Spanish
confusión

A disposition that is confused or nervous and upset.

        neguit
        Usage of fluster in English
        1
        So somehow in my fluster I left the iron on the dress.
        The Privet Hedge
        2
        A momentary fluster occurred in his composure before he returned to form.
        White corridor
        3
        It might fluster her if I were to go in without notice.
        Doctor Thorne
        4
        Garai is encouraged to play fluster and panic rather than sagacious calm.
        Reuters
        5
        Meeting her unexpectedly like this seemed to both fluster and please him.
        Romancing miss bronte: a novel
        6
        In vain I prolong my examination: there is no fluster of any kind.
        The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
        7
        How could he know so precisely what it would take to fluster me?
        Anathem
        8
        Just the thought of her imminent arrival had sent him into a fluster.
        Under orders
        9
        There was no longer any fluster of doubt and hesitation in his manner.
        A Houseful of Girls
        10
        Came all in a fluster-dinner ,bowlof punch, and put the horses to.
        Lay Morals, and Other Papers
        11
        Now, when he woke, he started up in a fluster, and called out:
        English Fairy Tales
        12
        She does not have to fluster in, buttoning her cuff, when people call.
        The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
        13
        Well now, child, you did set me all into a fluster.
        After the Storm
        14
        James went on in a fluster: Why, what should I know about it?
        The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. / The Man Of Property
        15
        Once in the second half there was a brief fluster.
        The High School Captain of the Team; or, Dick & Co. Leading the ...
        16
        You might as well try to move one of the pyramids as fluster him.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 / Little J...
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        Fluster through the time
        Fluster across language varieties
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