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flustering
/ˈflʌstəɹɪŋ/
adj 2
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5ADJ.
frothy, frustrating, smaller
VERB + FLUSTERING
experiences
FLUSTERING + NOUN
breeze
PREP.
in
ADV.
always
Definitions
adj
1
Agitated, confusing.
To me it seems, Mabel, that whenever a thing is really grand and potent, it has a quiet majesty about it, that is altogether unlike the frothy and flustering manner of smaller matters, and so it was with them rapids.
There is always a flustering breeze in the air and a perturbation generally through the county when they come or go, […]
2
Boasting or bragging noisily; blustering, swaggering.
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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To me it seems, Mabel, that whenever a thing is really grand and potent, it has a quiet majesty about it, that is altogether unlike the frothy and flustering manner of smaller matters, and so it was w
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There is always a flustering breeze in the air and a perturbation generally through the county when they come or go, […]
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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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