fluster
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
Đồng nghĩa: agitate, bewilder, addle, baffle, lose, embroil, stick, stump, baffound, bamboozle, bedevil, befuddle, throw, bemud, bemuse, bewilder, bumfuzzle, complicate, confound, confuddle, confuse, confuzzle, dazzle, discombobulate, disconcert, blind, dumbfound, entangle, ferhoodle, flabagast, flabbergast, flabbergaster, flurry, fluster, flummox, fuddle, jumble, knot, mix up, muddle, muddy, ravel, perplex, puzzle
- 2.
(transitive)To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- 3.
(dated, transitive)To make (someone) feel flushed and hot through drinking alcoholic beverages; also, to make (someone) slightly drunk or tipsy.
- 4.
(intransitive)To be agitated and confused; to bustle.
He seemed to fluster when speaking in front of many people.
- 5.
(intransitive)To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
- 6.
(British, dialectal, intransitive)To catch attention; to be showy or splendid.
- 7.
(intransitive, obsolete)To boast or brag noisily; to bluster, to swagger.
- 8.
(intransitive, obsolete)Of a seed: to produce a shoot quickly.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A state of agitation or confusion; a flutter.
Đồng nghĩa: flurry
- 2.
(obsolete)A state of slight drunkenness or tipsiness; also, the excitement caused by this state.
- 3.
(obsolete)Showiness, splendour.
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The verb is probably from Middle English *flostren (implied in flostring, flostrynge (agitation; blustering)) from a Scandinavian (-) language; compare flaustra, flaustr (a bustle; a hurry). Compare flustrian.