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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

addle, addle the wits, ado, agitate, agitation, baffle, bafflement, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado, brouhaha, bug, bullying, burst, bustle, chaos, churn, cloud, commotion, confound, confuse, confusion, conturbation, daze, dazzle, discombobulate, discombobulation, discomfit, discomfiture, discomfort, discommode, discompose, discomposure, disconcert, disconcertion, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, disorient, disorientation, disquiet, disquietude, distract, distraction, disturb, disturbance, dither, dizzy, ebullition, electrify, embarrass, embarrassment, embroilment, entangle, excitement, fanfaronade, faze, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flummox, flurry, flusteration, flustration, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, fog, foment, foofaraw, frenzy, fret, fuddle, fuddlement, fume, fuss, fussiness, hassle, haze, hectoring, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, inquietude, intimidation, jar, jitters, jolt, jumble, jumpiness, lather, maelstrom, malaise, maze, mess, mist, mix up, moider, moil, muddle, muddlement, mystify, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, nonplus, perplex, perplexity, perturb, perturbation, pother, pucker, put off, put out, puzzle, raise hell, rant, rattle, restlessness, rock, rodomontade, roil, rout, row, ruffle, scramble, seethe, seething, shake, shake up, shock, shuffle, side, spasm, splutter, spurt, sputter, stagger, stew, stir, stir up, swagger, swashbucklery, sweat, swirl, swivet, throw, throw into confusion, throw off, tizzy, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, trouble, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, twitteration, unease, unhinge, unquiet, unrest, unsettle, unsettlement, upset, vortex, whirl

Dictionary Results for fluster:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fluster
    n 1: a disposition that is confused or nervous and upset [syn:
         perturbation, fluster]
    v 1: be flustered; behave in a confused manner
    2: cause to be nervous or upset

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flustered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Flustering.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered,
   flaustr a fluster.]
   To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to
   throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
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         His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fluster \Flus"ter\, v. i.
   To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
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         The flstering, vainglorious Greeks.      --South.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fluster \Flus"ter\, n.
   Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with
   confusion; disorder.
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