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Consternation
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What's The Definition Of Consternation?
[n] fear resulting from the awareness of danger
Synonyms | Synonyms for Consternation: alarm | dismay Related Terms | Find terms related to Consternation: abject fear | affright | alarm | awe | bewilderment | blue funk | confusion | cowardice | dismay | distraction | dread | fear | fright | funk | horrification | horror | muddle | muddlement | panic | panic fear | perplexity | phobia | scare | stampede | terror | trepidation | trepidity | unholy dread See Also | fear | fearfulness | fright Consternation In Webster's Dictionary \Con`ster*na"tion\, n. [L. consternatio, fr.
consternare to overome, perplex, an accessory form of
consternere to trow 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.
The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in consternation
drowned. Attend the stern reply. --Pope.
Syn: Alarm; fright; amazement; astonishment; surprise; panic;
perturbation. See {Alarm}.
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