FLUSTER

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay.

2.
v.

To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South.

3.
n.

Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.