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Definition

to be or cause to be nervous or upset

He gets flustered when talking to groups and tends to lose his train of thought.

flustered = nervous or confused

When they came out into the waiting room, Barton Snode was standing there looking flustered, his jaw twitching from side to side.
Jeanne DuPrau -- The City of Ember

flustered = nervous or confused

She gets so excited and flustered.
Sharon M. Draper -- Forged by Fire

flustered = nervous or confused

'And don't fluster poor Charlie.
Roald Dahl -- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory

fluster = make nervous or confused

I'm a deal too flustered to tell you—all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!
Lewis Carroll -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

flustered = nervous or confused

2ND JUROR [flustered]: Well, sure I've heard of it.
Reginald Rose -- Twelve Angry Men

flustered = nervous or confused

For the first time, she looked flustered.
Alex Flinn -- Beastly

flustered = nervous or confused

The next batter bunted, and suddenly flustered, I threw away the ball.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
"Oh .... yes ... all right," said Hermione, looking slightly flustered, and following Krum through the crowd and out of sight.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
She came to him somewhat excited and curious and flustered.
Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The Secret Garden
Dad came by while I was working (and I know I looked all flustered) but he just winked and gave me a thumbs-up sign.
Melody Carlson -- Becoming Me
Why, they'd steal the very—why, goodness sakes, you can guess what kind of a fluster I was in by the time midnight come last night.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Kate was watching me, which made me more flustered when I couldn't figure out which was the fuel line.
Kenneth Oppel -- Airborn
"Oh, right, of course," she says, her face falling as she rushes to stand up, almost toppling her cello in her fluster.
Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
Frank felt so flustered that he thought his boots might melt through the ice.
Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune
Teabing presented the flustered guards a far easier solution—an embossed card identifying him as Knight of the Realm.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
"Well, turn it on and check, honey," my mother says, flustered.
Ally Condie -- Matched
"Don't let Annie's whip fool you," said Panov to_ the flustered girl.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
Brienne glanced down at herself, flustered.
George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
BERENGER: [a little flustered] Oh yes, you must believe me.
Eugene Ionesco -- Rhinoceros

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