Consternation
Definitions
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Equivalents
27 more languages
العربيةالذّعر
Българскиужас
Bosanskiужас
Catalàabatiment
Danskbestyrtelse
Suomityrmistys
Gaeilgeanbhá
Gàidhligmaoim
Hrvatskiужас
Italianocosternazione
한국어대경실색
Kurdîdehşet
മലയാളംപരിഭ്രാന്തി
Polskikonsternacja
Portuguêsconsternação
Српскиужас
Türkçedehşet
Examples
“"Out!" exclaimed her husband, with something like⟳ genuine consternation in his voice.”
“Their audience had been listening in increasing consternation.”
“It was probably worth four millennia of consternation and regret⟳.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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