consternation
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin cōnsternātiō.
Pronunciation [edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən/
- (US) enPR: ʹkŏn.stər'nā.shən, IPA: /ˌkɑn.stɚˈneɪ.ʃən/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun [edit]
consternation (uncountable)
- 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 [edit]
amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay
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