Hypertext Webster Gateway: "consternation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Consternation \Con`ster*na"tion\, n. [L. consternatio, fr.
consternare to overome, perplex, an accessory form of
consternere to trow down, prostrate; con + sternere to spread
out, throw down: cf. F. consternation. See {Stratum}.]
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and
incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with
amazement; dismay.
The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in consternation
drowned. Attend the stern reply. --Pope.
Syn: Alarm; fright; amazement; astonishment; surprise; panic;
perturbation. See {Alarm}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
consternation
n : fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: {alarm}, {dismay}]
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