hot and bothered

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsflusteredperturbedrattled

   Similardiscomposed

   colloquialism

Questions about hot and bothered

What does hot and bothered mean?

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

What is another word for hot and bothered?

Close synonyms include flustered, 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.