fluster

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

flus·ter [fluster flusters flustered flustering] verb, noun BrE [ˈflʌstə(r)] NAmE [ˈflʌstər]
verb often passive ~ sb
to make sb nervous and/or confused, especially by giving them a lot to do or by making them hurry
•Don't fluster me or I'll never be ready.
•He was flustered by all the attention.
Verb forms:

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

Example Bank:
•A rather flustered man pushed his way to the front.
•She gets a bit flustered with more than one person to deal with at once.


Example Bank:
•She was clearly flustered by Marshall's unexpected arrival.
Derived Word: ↑flustered
 
noun singular (BrE)
a state of being nervous and confused
•to be in a terrible fluster

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