What does "consternation" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "consternation"?

Common synonyms include: alarm, dismay, abject fear, affright, alarm, awe.

Pronounced //ˌkɑn.stɚˈneɪ.ʃən//.

/ˌkɑn.stɚˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun

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Noun

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
fear resulting from the awareness of danger wordnet

"He looked at me with consternation, saying that he must put a comma somewhere."

From French consternation, from Latin consternātiō.