Flustered vs Flushed - What's the difference?
flustered | flushed |
Confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion.
(fluster)
Red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
(flush)
As adjectives the difference between flustered and flushed
is that flustered is confused, befuddled, in a state of panic by having become overwrought with confusion while flushed is red in the face because of embarrassment, exertion, etc.As verbs the difference between flustered and flushed
is that flustered is past tense of fluster while flushed is past tense of flush.flustered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The speaker became quite flustered when she dropped all her notes.
Verb
(head)See also
* fluster * catch off guardflushed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Archer lay spread out, with one arm striking across the pillow. He was flushed ; and when the heavy curtain blew out a little he turned and half-opened his eyes.