OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14034

consternation

/ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
abatimiento • consternación • postración
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
"Out!" exclaimed her husband, with something like genuine consternation in his voice.
Their audience had been listening in increasing consternation.
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