flustering

Meaning of flustering

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. make (someone) agitated or confused.
    there's nothing you can do or say to fluster Bernie
    the false start flustered me a bit

early 17th century (in the sense ‘make slightly drunk’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flaustra ‘hurry, bustle’.

Information about flustering

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of flustering

flus-ter-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • flustering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

flustering synonyms

Meaning cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb:

unsettle

Meaning make (someone) lose courage or confidence:

unnerve

Meaning make (someone) troubled or nervous:

agitate

Meaning disconcert or upset the composure of (someone):

ruffle

Meaning make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried:

upset

Meaning take the trouble to do something:

bother

Meaning disturb or agitate (someone):

discompose

Meaning make (someone) worried or uneasy:

disquiet

Meaning make (someone) anxious:

disturb

Meaning annoy or disturb:

worry

Meaning make (someone) feel frightened, disturbed, or in danger:

alarm

Meaning feel or cause to feel panic:

panic

Meaning make (someone) anxious or unsettled:

perturb

Meaning disturb the composure of; unsettle:

disconcert

Meaning make (someone) bewildered or perplexed:

confuse

Meaning cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations:

confound

Meaning surprise and confuse (someone) so much that they are unsure how to react:

nonplus

Meaning harass; pester:

hassle

Meaning make (someone) nervous, worried, or irritated:

rattle

Meaning disturb or disconcert (someone):

faze

Meaning disconcert or confuse (someone):

discombobulate

flustering antonyms

Meaning make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe:

calm

Words that rhyme with flustering

Ring, ring, Baring, Dearing, Spearing, Waring, Wearing, Zearing, abearing, afearing, affearing, afterhearing, anearing, appearing, ashlaring, backbearing, baring, bearing, beggaring, besmearing, bevaring, bewaring, blaring, blearing, burglaring, calendaring, caring, cellaring, charing, cheddaring, cheeseparing, childbearing, chivaring, clearing, coappearing, collaring, comparing, compearing, daring, dearing, declaring, dellaring, desugaring, disappearing, dogearing, drearing, earing, emparing, endearing, ensearing

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