Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Bewildered; Flustered; Flurried: A state of being mentally confused, disoriented, or thrown off balance, typically due to a sudden event, pressure, or surprise, leading to clumsy or hasty actions.
   • Abashed; Embarrassed: A feeling of self-conscious discomfort, shame, or awkwardness, often visible through one's behavior or demeanor.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nghe tin bất ngờ, cô ấy luống cuống không nói nên lời. (Hearing the sudden news, she was so flustered she couldn't speak.)
  • Lần đầu phát biểu trước đám đông, anh ấy trông rất luống cuống. (Speaking in public for the first time, he looked very abashed.)
  • Tên trộm bị phát hiện và luống cuống bỏ chạy. (The thief was discovered and bewilderedly ran away.)

Advanced Usage

• "làm luống cuống": to fluster someone; to cause someone to become bewildered.
  • Những câu hỏi khó của phóng viên đã làm luống cuống vị diễn giả. (The reporter's tough questions flustered the speaker.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cuống (adj/verb): A more colloquial and shorter form meaning to panic, to be in a fluster.
  • Đừng cuống lên như vậy! (Don't panic like that!)

Synonyms

• Bewildered: Perplexed and confused.
• Flustered: Agitated or confused, often from embarrassment.
• Abashed: Embarrassed or ashamed.
• Flurried: In a state of agitated confusion.

Related Idioms

• Luống cuống như gà mắc tóc: As bewildered/flustered as a chicken with its feathers tangled. This idiom vividly describes a state of extreme confusion and panic.
  • Bị hỏi dồn dập, nó luống cuống như gà mắc tóc. (Bombarded with questions, he was as flustered as a headless chicken.)

adj

1. bewildered; abashed