"flustering" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈflʌstəɹɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more flustering [comparative], most flustering [superlative]
Etymology: From fluster + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fluster|ing|id2=participial}} fluster + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} flustering (comparative more flustering, superlative most flustering)
  1. Agitated, confusing.
    Sense id: en-flustering-en-adj-nfZuRPcC
  2. (obsolete) Boasting or bragging noisily; blustering, swaggering. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-flustering-en-adj-ew9QdgWB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flusteringly

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈflʌstəɹɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From fluster + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fluster|ing|id2=participial}} fluster + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flustering
  1. present participle and gerund of fluster Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fluster
    Sense id: en-flustering-en-verb-wuC4XDH0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 28 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 12 23 65

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