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• v  be flustered; behave in a confused manner
• v  cause to be nervous or upset
• s  thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)

• Never rushed his answers or got flustered.
• One of the decisive events of the New Hampshire primary was the strange spectacle of an angry Ronald Rea gan confronting a flustered George Bush on the stage of the Nashua High .
• Guest star Matthew Broderick is marvelously flustered as Cooter Burger, a bureaucrat mired in denial (when Jack points out that the office ceiling is leaking, he answers, "We've .

• fluster
• hot and bothered
• perturbed
• rattled

News & Articles

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• U.S. Open leaderboard 2013: Ian Poulter drops 2 shots on Saturday morning restart
  Poulter is often referred to as a one of the best "grinders" in the game -- someone typically unaffected by bad breaks, a bad hole, or extreme conditions. The test that the USGA set up for the second round flustered most golfers into compounding mistakes, but Poulter can usually bear down.
  June 15, 2013 - Philly.com
• Jason Dufner launches his club into Merion creek at U.S. Open
  Jason Dufner is often praised -- or critiqued, depending on who you are -- for never expressing any emotion on the golf course because he barely blinks, smiles, frowns, or furrows a brow. The U.S. Open course flustered him on Friday afternoon, however, as the No. 20 player in the world slammed his club down in a creek on the Merion Course after his ball had just previously gone for a rinse in ...
  June 14, 2013 - SB Nation
• Katie Couric Gets Flustered Over Henry Cavill's 'Packaging'
  When you're a TV talk show host, sometimes there will be moments when a guest is so extremely good looking that it makes you starstruck and flustered. Katie Couric might be a veteran news anchor who's skilled in the art of the TV interview, but even she sometimes gets thrown a very delicious looking curve ball that throws off her game. In this short clip, Man of Steel 's very handsome Henry ...
  June 12, 2013 - Zimbio

Quotes

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• Christine Ohuruogu in ESPN
  You get flustered and you forget where you're supposed to be,Ohuruogu said.
• Jerry Manuel in TSN
  He's a very good pitcher,Mets manager Jerry Manuel said of Takahashi. "He doesn't seem to get flustered. He's very poised (on the mound)."