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flusters

noun , plural of fluster

Synonyms and Antonyms of flusters

1 a state of nervous or irritated concern

all the yelling on the bus put the driver in a fluster

Synonyms of flusters

dithers, frets, fusses, huffs, lathers, pothers, stews, sweats, swelters, swivets, tizzies, twitters

Words Related to flusters

bothers, dudgeons, piques

alarms (also alarums), hand-wringings, panics

ados, agitations, deliria (or deliriums), distractions, furors, hysterias, uproars

nervous breakdowns

2 the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable

there was a palpable fluster in the audience when I asked my awkward question

Synonyms of flusters

abashments, confusions, discomfitures, disconcertments, embarrassments, mortifications

Words Related to flusters

agitations, bothers, chagrins, discomforts, discomposures, dismays, disquiets, distresses, disturbances, perturbations, upsets

disgraces, ignominies, shames

debasements, degradations, humiliations, mortifications

Phrases Synonymous with flusters

egg on one's face

Near Antonyms of flusters

aplombs, assurances, composures, confidences, equanimities, poises, self-confidences, self-possessions

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