Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flustered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flustered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Flustering}.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered,
flaustr a fluster.]
To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to
throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
--Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flustered
adj : thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an
informal term) [syn: {hot and bothered(p)}, {perturbed},
{rattled}]
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