flurried

flurried is the simple past and past participle of flurry.

Meaning of flurry

flurry (third-person singular simple present flurries, present participle flurrying, simple past and past participle flurried)

(transitive) To agitate, bewilder, fluster.
- And so venturing not to say another word, poor Jemima trotted off, exceedingly flurried and nervous.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 1, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
(intransitive) To move or fall in a flurry.

flurried (comparative more flurried, superlative most flurried)

Agitated, confused.
- “Come, come,” he said, “you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood. Here, take a little wine.”1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, section I
- I met one of your dons at tea, and he said that your degree was not in the least a proof of your abilities: he said that you knocked up and got flurried in examinations.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, VII [Uniform ed., p. 87]

comparative	more flurried
superlative	most flurried

What does flurried mean?: Flurried means agitated, confused.
What is flurried the simple past and past participle of?: Flurried is the simple past and past participle of flurry.
What part of speech is flurried?: Flurried is an adjective.

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