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Fluster vs Flappable - What's the difference?

fluster | flappable |

As a verb fluster

is .

As an adjective flappable is

(informal) capable of becoming flustered or upset.

fluster

English

Verb

  • (dated) To make hot and rosy, as with drinking.
  • * Macaulay
  • His habit of flustering himself daily with claret.
  • (by extension) To confuse, befuddle, throw into panic by making overwrought with confusion.
  • He seemed to get flustered when speaking in front of too many people.
  • To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
  • * South
  • The flustering , vainglorious Greeks.

    Derived terms

    * flustered (adjective) * flustering (adjective, present participle)

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    flappable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Capable of becoming flustered or upset.
  • English words suffixed with -able