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consternation (noun)

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  • consternation — ► NOUN ▪ anxiety or dismay. ORIGIN Latin, from consternare terrify, prostrate …   English terms dictionary

  • consternation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great ▪ widespread VERB + CONSTERNATION ▪ cause, create, fill sb with ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • consternation — noun Etymology: French or Latin; French, from Latin consternation , consternatio, from consternare to throw into confusion, from com + sternare, probably from sternere to spread, strike down more at strew Date: 1604 amazement or dismay that… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • consternation — noun /ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən,ˌkɑn.stɚˈneɪ.ʃən/ Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay. It was probably worth four millennia of consternation and regret …   Wiktionary

  • consternation — I noun affright, agitation, alarm, anxiety, anxious concern, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, aversion, boding, despair, dismay, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, dread, fear, tearfulness, fright, horror, inquietude, payor,… …   Law dictionary

  • consternation — noun (U) a feeling of shock or worry, especially one that makes it difficult to think about what to do; dismay 1: The thought of living alone filled her with consternation …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • consternation — noun much to his colleagues consternation, Victor was awarded the job in Paris Syn: dismay, perturbation, distress, disquiet, discomposure; surprise, amazement, astonishment; alarm, panic, fear, fright, shock Ant: satisfaction …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • consternation — noun anxiety or dismay …   English new terms dictionary

  • consternation — con|ster|na|tion [ ,kanstər neıʃn ] noun uncount FORMAL a shocked or worried feeling, often caused when something unexpected happens: DISMAY: His comments caused consternation among environmentalists. to someone s consternation: She saw to her… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • consternation — UK [ˌkɒnstə(r)ˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌkɑnstərˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [uncountable] formal a shocked or worried feeling, often caused when something unexpected happens His comments caused consternation among environmentalists. to someone s consternation: She… …   English dictionary

  • consternation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dismay, fear. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. alarm, dismay, shock, terror; see confusion 2 , fear 1 , wonder 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [kon stur NA shun] dismay or shock that… …   English dictionary for students

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