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adjective

Definition of flusteringnext
as in embarrassing
causing embarrassment a flustering situation that left us all silent

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flustering

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verb

present participle of fluster
as in confusing
to throw into a state of self-conscious distress was flustered when her parents dragged out her baby pictures for her new boyfriend

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flustering
  1. embarrassing
  2. awkward
  3. uncomfortable
  4. disconcerting
  5. unpleasant
  6. difficult
Adjective
  • Usually such open nepotism would be seen as slightly embarrassing, but not to this crowd.
    Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The season was spinning out of control, with the Niners losing three straight games, each in increasingly embarrassing fashion, and another loss — especially to a team with a rookie quarterback and a first-time head coach — would likely put it in an irreversible tailspin.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of embarrassing
Adjective
  • Read More: The Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself Things might feel a little awkward during those early sessions, and that's normal, says Grant.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Fentanyl abuse isn't the only opioid that can cause the awkward body reaction, Ciccarone said.
    James Ward, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of awkward
Adjective
  • Those numbers might have been a tad uncomfortable to handle, and the markets didn’t want to take inflation hot to go.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yet perhaps the most uncomfortable outcome for the millions following along is if the meaning machine fails and the shooting doesn’t provide any greater resolution.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of uncomfortable
Verb
  • Russia was becoming more closed, and this was disconcerting for a generation that had grown up in a modernized and relatively open society.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Calculations on how many homeowners are at risk and how many are covered vary, but all are disconcerting.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of disconcerting
Adjective
  • Almost everyone is bitter, unpleasant, scheming, self-centered, manipulative or awful (or just plain crazy).
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The news, predictably, was unpleasant: the Olympic roster was about to leak, and Clark wasn’t on it.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of unpleasant
Adjective
  • An at least 200-year-old celebration of French and Mediterranean cuisine, macarons are renowned as the ‘impossible dessert,’ a result of the notoriously involved and difficult baking process.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • So trying to get your voice there and control the inflections and all was very difficult.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of difficult
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