as in embarrassing
causing embarrassment
a flustering situation that left us all silent
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as in confusing
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress
was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend
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Recent Examples of flustering
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
But Seymour threw on a press, flustering the Patriots, who began to turn the ball over.
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Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
In the first half the Horned Frogs were successful in flustering the freshman.
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Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
The Pistons’ defense is swarming and flustering the Cavs.
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Zach Harper,
New York Times,
8 May 2026
But Seymour threw on a press, flustering the Patriots, who began to turn the ball over.
—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
In the first half the Horned Frogs were successful in flustering the freshman.
—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flustering
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Every year, the Heart Rate Challenge is one of the most embarrassing rituals this show puts the Islanders through.
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Boise’s rough end to May stretched into June, and the first-year club left Madison, Wisconsin, last week surrendering four unanswered goals in the second half for an embarrassing loss.
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Why People Misunderstand This Intelligence The first mistake people make is confusing integrative intelligence with being broadly knowledgeable.
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Having said that, conversations might be confusing today.
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Human bodies were like animals’ The few medical instruments of the revolutionary era were heavy in the hand, awkward in use and imprecise to maneuver.
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In its place are itty-bitty bands that still keep your flats or heels in place, just with less of a chance of awkward tan lines.
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High yields worldwide have been rattling investors after oil prices burst above $100 per barrel because of the war.
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Now, with aftershocks still rattling damaged cities and thousands of people displaced, some analysts warn the government’s handling of the disaster may be accelerating public disillusionment with the Chavista power structure.
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Runcie is sharply attuned to the vast uncomfortable grey areas of gender and power relations, navigating them with wry, revelatory observations that are devastatingly acute.
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That observation carries an uncomfortable implication for executives.
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This imbalance is perhaps not expressly disconcerting much of the time.
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There was also some disconcerting history to consider.
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Alas, Ligeti proved to be an extraordinarily difficult collaborator, his manic perfectionism colliding with practical reality and leading to unpleasant scenes.
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The consequences are unpleasant, but can also turn dangerous very quickly as body temperature rises.
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Aviation experts said those conditions would have been difficult to navigate that evening when the helicopter, a Robinson R66, crashed in the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area.
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But traffic on the waterway remains a fraction of pre-war levels with different authorities vying to organize the transit of vessels, leaving operators with a difficult choice over which path to take.
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“Flustering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flustering. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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