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# flustered

«flustered» in Mova's school dictionary: **nervous, confused and a bit embarrassed, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (flustered, more flustered); verb fluster

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flustered means nervous, confused and a bit embarrassed, especially because you are rushed or things are going wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#m1)

2) To fluster someone is to make them feel like this. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life to show a character in a muddle (red faced, dropping things, late). Phrases: get flustered, look flustered, all flustered.

### examples

- Mum got flustered when she couldn't find the car keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#x1)
- The new teacher looked flustered when the projector broke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#x2)
- I got flustered and forgot my lines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#x3)
- Don't get flustered, take a deep breath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#x4)
- The flustered waiter dropped the tray. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#x5)
- The questions flustered him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/#x6)

### note

Flustered is milder than panicked. Not «flusted». Calm-down tips: breathe, slow down, do one thing at a time.

### In the corpora

- [A busy or flustered teacher who says "sit down" isn't your enemy: pick a better moment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/34-teachers-who-listen-teachers-who-get-cross-and-when-the-teacher-is-right-after-all/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flustered» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flustered/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.