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Stupefy vs Fluster - What's the difference?

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Stupefy is a related term of fluster.


As verbs the difference between stupefy and fluster

is that stupefy is to dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle while fluster is .

stupefy

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle.

    • Derived terms

    * stupefaction * stupefied * stupefiedness * stupefier * stupefyingly

    Related terms

    * stupe * stupid * stupor * stupendous

    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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