adjective. Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of fluster.

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

"The landlord indeed spoke a little thick, and the texts of Mr. Thomas Trumbull stumbled on his tongue; but Nanty was one of those topers, who, becoming early what bon vivants term flustered, remain whole nights and days at the same point of intoxication; and, in fact, as they are seldom entirely sober, can be as rarely seen absolutely drunk."

catch off guard  fluster  

discomposed  

bustard  clustered  custard  mustard  mustered  

addled  agitated  balled-up  beery  bemused  

fluster