flustered

comparative more flustered · superlative most flustered

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

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

   2 more examples

   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

   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

   Synonyms: discombobulated, flummoxed, fluttered, addle-pated, addled, addlepated, at a loss, at a loss for words

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

   Synonyms: emotional, overwrought, red-faced

   1. broadlyMildly turned on, mildly horny.

      Synonyms: emotional, overwrought, red-faced, ablaze, amorous, aroused, buckish, concupiscent

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fluster