unflustered

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adjective

Not flustered; calm.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectiveunflustered (comparative more unflustered, superlative most unflustered)

comparative more unflustered · superlative most unflustered

  1. Not flustered; calm.

    A small shiver slid down her back, but she kept her smile steady, coolly amused, unflustered, despite the unwanted flutter of her pulse.

    2014, Liz Tyner, Ann Lethbridge, Elizabeth Beacon, Harlequin Historical December 2014 - Box Set 2 of 2
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    Some of the cars he deflates are parked on the gravelled drives of expensive homes, where security systems trigger floodlights as soon as anyone intrudes on to the grounds. Will is unflustered, and continues as if he were still in the dark.

    2023 November 5, Andrew Anthony, “Monsters of the road: what should the UK do about SUVs?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivefree from emotional agitation or nervous tension

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishflustered
  9. Englishunflustered

From un- + flustered.

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