flustered
adjective
flus·tered
ˈflə-stərd 
: in a state of agitated confusion
She became so flustered that she'd … kept repeating, "Gosh, I can't even think …" Later she confided, "I was almost in tears right after doing those numbers."—
Stephen S. Hall
Stephen S. HallThe flustered lady gave me a blank stare and said, "That's not Mr. Franklin. The guard said Mr. Franklin was on his way up."—Dick Francis
Dick Francis… the oxen … seemed more patient and less flustered than their masters …—Deborah Straw
Deborah Straw
flusteredly
adverb
"Everything's under control, I think!" she says a little flusteredly. "We had a problem with the table posies, but fingers crossed, they should be on their way … ."
—Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella
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Many of the world’s best players left flustered by Pete and Alice Dye’s grand examination.
—Justin Ray, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
The idea of her as terrifying emerged from her writing, which irritated, flustered, enraptured and dazzled the literary world for half a century.
—Katie Roiphe Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
During a recent performance, the show, meant to run almost two hours without intermission, was stopped twice for about five minutes so that ushers could attend to flustered theatergoers.
—Alex Marshall, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Some were too flustered to articulate their thoughts beyond a deep gratitude for God and Trump.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
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Justin Ray, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
The idea of her as terrifying emerged from her writing, which irritated, flustered, enraptured and dazzled the literary world for half a century.
—Katie Roiphe Samantha Desz Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
During a recent performance, the show, meant to run almost two hours without intermission, was stopped twice for about five minutes so that ushers could attend to flustered theatergoers.
—Alex Marshall, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Some were too flustered to articulate their thoughts beyond a deep gratitude for God and Trump.
—Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Flustered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flustered. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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