fustered
English
Verb
fustered
- simple past tense and past participle of fuster
Adjective
fustered (comparative more fustered, superlative most fustered)
- Upset; worked up.
- 1905, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, The Courtship of Morrice Buckler, →ISBN:
- “No one so fustered as your loiterer.” And he stepped out from the shadow of the house.
- 1918, J.B. Lippincott Company, Clear the Decks!: A Tale of the American Navy To-day, page 168:
- "Kid's got an awful grouch to-day," said the sailmaker as Migg shouldered by. “”Tain't like him to be fustered up.” But Migg had a right to be “fustered ” when he peered through the steam filled laundry and realized that there was as nasty a job of repair work as he would ever see outside of battle.
- 1932, School Activities - Volumes 4-6, page 7:
- Phillip is plainly fustered instead of being friendly.
- 2013, Jerri Kay Lincoln, Dancing with Unicorns: A Unicorn Wisdom Book, page 107:
- “This is preposterous!” said the King, fustered. “Father, you're not going back on your word, are you?”
- 2013, Margaret Berry, 'Till Death Us Do Part, →ISBN:
- He rubbed the sweat from his broad forehead. He looked fustered, as usual. In a hurry to have the visit over.
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