"flustering" meaning in English

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          "text": "Although at times my prac experiences were flustering and frustrating, I have gained many new insights into catering for the individual needs of children.",
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          "text": "There is nothing more flustering than to wrestle with an unfamiliar piece of equipment in the presence of a class!",
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          "text": "She almost forgot Toby while she was bathed in this flustering brilliance of light and noise.",
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        "Agitated, confusing."
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          "text": "And the Apoſtle [Paul] ſeems here moſt peculiarly to have directed this Encomium of the Gospel, as a Defiance to the Philoſophers of his Time, the Fluſtring Vain-glorious Greeks, vvho pretended ſo much to magnify, and even Adore the VViſdom they profeſſed, […]",
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