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Meanings of fluster in English

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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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Translations for fluster
Fluster through the time
Fluster across language varieties
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