flustered

Questions about flustered

What does flustered mean?

flustered means "thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)".

How many syllables are in flustered?

flustered has 2 syllables: flus-tered. The stress falls on "flus". In IPA it is /ˈflʌstɚd/.

What is another word for flustered?

Close synonyms include hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flustered a common word?

flustered is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.