fluster

1. (transitive)To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.

   überrumpeln, verwirren

   волнова́тьvolnovátʹ, взбудораживатьvzbudoraživatʹ

   метушитисяmetušytysja, хвилюватиxvyljuvaty, збуджуватиzbudžuvaty

2. (transitive)To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.

3. To make emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.

   (broadly, transitive)To turn on, to make horny.

4. (dated, transitive)To make (someone) feel flushed and hot through drinking alcoholic beverages; also, to make (someone) slightly drunk or tipsy.

5. (intransitive)To be agitated and confused; to bustle.

   He seemed to fluster when speaking in front of many people.

   be flustered; behave in a confused manner

6. (intransitive)To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.

7. To become overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.

   (broadly, intransitive)To become turned on, to become horny.

8. (UK, dialectal, intransitive)To catch attention; to be showy or splendid.

9. (intransitive, obsolete)To boast or brag noisily; to bluster, to swagger.

10. (intransitive, obsolete)Of a seed: to produce a shoot quickly.

1. Tom seems to be slightly flustered.

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2. Tom was flustered, but Mary wasn't.

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3. Tom became flustered and a bit nervous.

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4. Tom got flustered when filling out the paperwork.

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5. Tom told me he thought Mary was flustered.

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