fluster
8 synonyms for fluster, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To make someone flustered, confused, or momentarily panicked.
Synonyms
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Etymology
The verb probably comes from Middle English *flostren (implied by flostring, flostrynge (“agitation; blustering”)), from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language; compare Icelandic flaustra (“to bustle”) and flaustr (“a bustle; a hurry”). Compare also Old English flustrian (“to weave, plait, braid”). The noun derives f...
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