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Consternation

Consternation Meaning & Definition
Consternation Definition And Meaning

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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