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Consternation

//ˌkɑn.stɚˈneɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay. countable, uncountable

    ""Out!" exclaimed her husband, with something like genuine consternation in his voice."

  2. 2
    fear resulting from the awareness of danger wordnet

Etymology

From French consternation, from Latin consternātiō.

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