fluster
To make someone feel nervous, confused and rushed.
fluster in a sentence
- All the shouting flustered the new waiter, who poured orange juice into the teapot.
- The quizmaster's tricky questions began to fluster Priya, who muddled up two easy answers.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to fluster?
- Asoothe
- Bcalm
- Csettle
- Dconfuse
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D: confuse. The other three mean the opposite of fluster.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to fluster?
- Aconfuse
- Bupset
- Ccalm
- Drattle
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C: calm. The other three mean nearly the same as fluster.
Words that mean something similar
confuse, rattle, upset
Words that mean the opposite
calm, soothe, settle
More words about emotions & feelings
- foreboding: A strong feeling that something bad is about to happen.
- forlorn: Lonely, sad and left all alone.
- frantic: Wild with worry, fear or hurry.
- fraught: Full of worry or danger.
- frenzy: A burst of wild, out-of-control excitement or activity.
- fret: To keep worrying about something.
- fume: To be very angry, often without saying anything.
- furious: Wildly angry, so cross that you can hardly keep calm.
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