Consternation
[kɒnstə'neɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑnstɚ'neʃən]
Definition
(n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Alarm, amazement, terror, fright, dismay, panic, sudden fear.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Amazement, bewilderment, astonishment, astounding, horror, terror, dismay
ANT:Encouragement, boldness, fearlessness, assurance, anticipation, welcome,expectation, greeting, congratulation
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Examples
- The attack was made and many shots fell within the fort, creating some consternation, as we now know. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I needed no second permission; though I was by this time in such a state of consternation and agitation, that my legs shook under me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Emma turned round to look at her in consternation, and hastily said, Have you any idea of Mr. Knightley's returning your affection? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Consternation reigned there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Struck with consternation, the old gentleman exclaimed, What do you tell me! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The wonder and consternation with which Joe stopped on the threshold of his bite and stared at me, were too evident to escape my sister's observation. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- If I had presented a pistol at his head, this abandoned wretch could hardly have exhibited greater consternation. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As I gained my feet the therns lowered their wicked rifles, their faces distorted in mingled chagrin, consternation, and alarm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I was almost in consternation, so little had I expected any guest from the blocked-up vale that night. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was a growing consternation outside. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- There had been great consternation in Petersburg, as we were well aware, about a rumored mine that we were going to explode. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was a general consternation. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When St. Clare breathed his last, terror and consternation took hold of all his household. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Finally, however, on the 12th of March, he did push down through the north-western end of South Carolina, creating some consternation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And all was consternation in the _beau ch?teau de Hampton! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Silvia