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Added 10 October 2026

fluster

/ˈflʌstə/ verb

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To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context. To turn on, to make horny.

noun

A state of agitation or confusion; a flutter.
A state of slight drunkenness or tipsiness; also, the excitement caused by this state. Showiness, splendour.
A state of slight drunkenness or tipsiness; also, the excitement caused by this state.

Origin

The verb is probably from Middle English *flostren (implied in flostring, flostrynge (“agitation; blustering”)) from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language; compare Icelandic flaustra (“to bustle”), flaustr (“a bustle; a hurry”). Compare Old English flustrian (“to weave, plait, braid”). The noun is derived from the verb.

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