flustered

/ˈflʌstərd/

/ˈflʌstəd/

To be flustered is to lose your cool. When you're flustered, you're embarrassed, agitated, or just confused.

If your pants fell down in the middle of class while you were giving a presentation, you'd probably be flustered: highly embarrassed, out of breath, and a little freaked out. It's hard to concentrate when you're flustered — it's a distracting state of mind. Being flustered isn't quite as bad as being panicked, but it's close. People can also get flustered by good things, like if someone you had a crush on kissed you.

Definitions of flustered

1. adjective

   thrown into a state of agitated confusion; (`rattled' is an informal term)
   synonyms: hot and bothered, perturbed, rattled

   discomposed

   having your composure disturbed