consternation

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən/
• (America) enPR: kŏnʹstər.nā'shən, IPA: /ˌkɑn.stɚˈne͡ɪ.ʃən/

Noun

consternation

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: consternation, sidération, accablement, prostration
• German: Bestürzung, Fassungslosigkeit
• Italian: costernazione
• Portuguese: consternação
• Russian: у́жас
• Spanish: consternación, abatimiento, postración

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