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