Consternation

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ËŒkÉ’n.stəˈneɪ.ʃən/
• US enPR: ʹkŏn.stÉ™r'nā.shÉ™n, IPA: /ËŒkÉ‘n.stɚˈneɪ.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From French, from Latin consternātiō.

Full definition of consternation

Noun

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 17Their audience had been listening in increasing consternation.