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Webster 1913 Edition
Consternation
Conˊster-na′tion
,Noun.
[L.
consternatio
, fr. consternare
to overome, perplex, an accessory form of consternere
to throw down, prostrate; con
+ sternere
to spread out, throw down: cf. F. consternation
. See Stratum
.] Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Syn. – Alarm; fright; amazement; astonishment; surprise; panic; perturbation. See
Alarm
. Webster 1828 Edition
Consternation
CONSTERNATION
,Noun.
Definition 2024
consternation
consternation
English
Noun
consternation (countable and uncountable, plural consternations)
- Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
- ?, Chuck Klosterman,
- It was probably worth four millennia of consternation and regret.
- The Awakening, Kate Chopin,
- "Out!" exclaimed her husband, with something like genuine consternation in his voice.
- 2003, Terrance Dicks & Barry Letts, Deadly Reunion, chapter 17
- Their audience had been listening in increasing consternation.
- ?, Chuck Klosterman,
Translations
amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay
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