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Fluster vs Nervous - What's the difference?

fluster | nervous |

As a verb fluster

is .

As an adjective nervous is

(obscure) of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.

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)

    Anagrams

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    nervous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obscure) Of a piece of writing: forceful, powerful.
  • * '>citation
  • Easily agitated or alarmed; on edge or edgy.
  • Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.
  • Relating to or affecting the nerves.
  • the central nervous system

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * calm, relaxed

    Derived terms

    * nervously * nervousness * nervous breakdown * nervous energy * autonomic nervous system * central nervous system * enteric nervous system * parasympathetic nervous system * peripheral nervous system * sympathetic nervous system

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