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Fluster

To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.

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Acquit 76% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Bear 76% connected

To support or sustain; to hold up.

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Behave 76% connected

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

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Carry 76% connected

To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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Comport 76% connected

To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury.

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Conduct 76% connected

The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

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Confuse 76% connected

Mixed; confounded.

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Deport 76% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

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Discomposure 76% connected

The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation.

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Disconcert 76% connected

To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

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Flurry 76% connected

A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

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Manner of action 1

Ruffle 76% connected

To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

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Cark 74% connected

A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.

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Cark 74% connected

A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.

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Derange 74% connected

To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Derange 74% connected

To put out of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Perturbation 74% connected

The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.

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Perturbation 74% connected

The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.

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Synonym 1

Perturbation 92% connected

The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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