flustered en · ADJ
Meanings
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Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.
I ring her bell and I’m buzzed in. My Spanish teacher, Miss P – Ali – is standing in the doorway, looking flustered.
2023 July 8, Joe Gibson, “‘I can’t believe Miss P is naked in front of me’: the affair with a teacher that changed my life”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Behind the scenes, Truss's camp feel positive too—claiming that while she stayed calm Sunak was “flustered”.
2022 July 26, “Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in fiercest clash yet over tax”, in BBC News:
- Emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- (broadly) Emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context. ▸ Mildly turned on, mildly horny.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more flustered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most flustered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
flusteredly · flusteredness · flustrated · unflustered
Synonyms
thirsty · lusty · yblent · mystified · addle-pated · bewildered · horny · out to lunch · venereal · lascivious · minussed · addlepated · stimulated · stymied · muzzy · up a tree · randy · nonplussed · wanton · baffled · puzzled · frisky · dazzled · emotional · discombobulated · rutty · at a loss for words · aroused · corny · ravenous · hot to trot · DTF · lustful · hot and bothered · in heat · emotional · befuddled · prurient · fluttered · impure · discombobulated · red-faced · out of it · red-faced · confuzzled · overwrought · turned on · dumbfounded · thrown · confused · at sixes and sevens · stumped · toey as a Roman sandal · ablaze · toey · perplexed · disconcerted · dazed · fuckish · hot · desirous · misled · concupiscent · sexed up · excited · speechless · lickerish · overwrought · drippy · mixed up · libidinous · at sea · lost for words · punch-drunk · jumbled · flummoxed · spaced out · not with it · flummoxed · lewd · fluttered · muddled · venereous · gagging for it · flustered · amorous · flustered · at a loss · addled · ruttish · flabbergastered · buckish · flabbergasted · unchaste · flabagasted
Translations (8)
es aturullado (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion) · mi hūkiki (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion) · de verwirrt (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion) · es abrumado (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion) · es nervioso (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion) · es aturdido (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion) · fi hämillään (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion) · de nervös (In a state of panic, being overwrought with confusion)