Meaning of Consternation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən

Definitions

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية الذّعر

Български ужас

Bosanski ужас

Català abatiment

Dansk bestyrtelse

Deutsch Bestürzung Betroffenheit Fassungslosigkeit

Ελληνικά ανησυχία τρόμος

Español abatimiento consternación postración

Suomi tyrmistys

Français accablement consternation prostration sidération

Gaeilge anbhá

Gàidhlig maoim

עברית בלבול חרדה פחד תבהלה

हिन्दी उद्वेग विस्मय

Hrvatski ужас

Հայերեն ահ զարհուրանք սարսափ

Italiano costernazione

日本語周章狼狽狼狽驚愕

한국어 대경실색

Kurdî dehşet

Latina cōnsternātiō

മലയാളം പരിഭ്രാന്തി

Nederlands consternatie verbijstering

Polski konsternacja

Português consternação

Română consternare consternație

Русский испуг оцепенение ужас

Српски ужас

Svenska bestörtning häpnad

Türkçe dehşet

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.”

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