na. | 1. be in a flurry of alarm; be all in a fluster [flutter]; be at a loss what to do; be disconcerted; be frightened out of one's wits; be in a nonplus; be in confusion; be nonplused by the question; be scared out of one's wits [senses]; be seized with (a) panic; be so confounded as not to know what to do or say; be so flustered as to be at a loss for words or action; become confused; fall into a flutter; get into a panic; lose one's head; lose one's mental control; nervous; panic-stricken; startled and did not know what to do |