flustered
adj1
Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
- The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.
- Behind the scenes, Truss's camp feel positive too—claiming that while she stayed calm Sunak was “flustered”.2022 July 26, “Tory leadership: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss in fiercest clash yet over tax”, in BBC News:
1 more example
- I ring her bell and I’m buzzed in. My Spanish teacher, Miss P – Ali – is standing in the doorway, looking flustered.2023 July 8, Joe Gibson, “‘I can’t believe Miss P is naked in front of me’: the affair with a teacher that changed my life”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2
Emotionally overwhelmed or visibly embarrassed, especially in a sexual or romantic context.
3
Broadly Mildly turned on, mildly horny.
- Derived terms
- flusteredly, flusteredness, flustrated, unflustered