The aged housekeeper was no less flustered and hurried in obeying the numerous and contradictory commands of her mistress, […]
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Fluster
/ˈflʌstə/
Synonyms for "fluster" (230 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Adjective(1 words)
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Strong matches (69)
dazedazzledemoralizediscombobulatediscombobulationdiscomfitdiscomfiturediscomfortdiscommodediscomposediscomposuredisconcertdisconcertiondismaydisorderdisorganizationdisorganizedisorientdisorientationdisquiet
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Adjective(1 words)
Verb(5 words)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (115)
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Noun(9 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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9 entriesCollocations
11 entriesbe flusteredcause to flusterdegree of flusterepisode of flusterfluster a witnessfluster of activityfluster someonefluster under pressurein a flustersign of flusterstate of fluster
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Weel, Sam'l, I d'na want to fluster ye, but she's been ower lang wi' Lisbeth Fargus no to hae learnt her ways.
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Three lads of Cypres, noble ſvvelling ſpirits, / That hold their honour, in a vvary diſtance, / The very Elements of this vvarlike Iſle, / Haue I tonight fluſtred vvith flovving cups, / And the vvatch too: novv mongſt this flocke of drunkards, / I am to put our Caſsio in ſome action, / That may offend the Iſle; […]
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His practice of flustering himself daily with claret was hardly considered as a fault by his contemporaries.
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