fluster
verb
[ ˈflʌstə ]
• make (someone) agitated or confused.
• "there's nothing you can do or say to fluster Bernie"
Similar:
unsettle,
make nervous,
unnerve,
agitate,
ruffle,
upset,
bother,
put on edge,
discompose,
disquiet,
disturb,
worry,
alarm,
panic,
perturb,
disconcert,
confuse,
throw off balance,
confound,
nonplus,
hassle,
rattle,
faze,
discombobulate,
put into a flap,
throw into a tizz,
send into a spin,
fluster
noun
• an agitated or confused state.
• "the main thing is not to get all in a fluster"
Similar:
state of agitation,
state of anxiety,
nervous state,
flutter,
panic,
frenzy,
fever,
fret,
upset,
turmoil,
commotion,
dither,
flap,
tizz,
tizzy,
tiz-woz,
twitter,
state,
sweat,
stew,
twit,
Opposite:
state of calm,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘make slightly drunk’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flaustra ‘hurry, bustle’.
