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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.
[L., to throw or strike down.] Astonishment; amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates a person for consultation and execution; excessive terror, wonder or surprise.

Definition 2024


consternation

consternation

English

Noun

consternation (countable and uncountable, plural consternations)

  1. 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.

Translations


French

Noun

consternation f (plural consternations)

  1. consternation