fluster

To fluster is defined as to make someone become agitated, nervous or confused.

(verb)

When you ask a person questions he doesn't understand and he gets nervous, this is an example of a time when you fluster him.

See fluster in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make or become confused, nervous, or befuddled

Origin: ME flosteren, prob. < Scand, as in Ice flaustra, to bustle, hurry

noun

the condition of being flustered

See fluster in American Heritage Dictionary 4

tr. & intr.v. flus·tered, flus·ter·ing, flus·ters

To make or become nervous or upset.

noun

A state of agitation, confusion, or excitement.

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English flostring, agitation

Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin; see pleu- in Indo-European roots

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