He looked at me with consternation, saying that he must put a comma somewhere.
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Consternation
//ˌkɑn.stɚˈneɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "consternation" (32 found)
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Related words (16)
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57 translations across 34 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔκπληξις noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Armenian
3 entries- ահ noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- զարհուրանք noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- սարսափ noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Bulgarian
2 entries- смайване noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- ужас noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Catalan
2 entries- abatiment noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- consternació noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 驚愕 /惊愕 noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Czech
1 entries- konsternace noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Danish
1 entries- bestyrtelse noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Dutch
2 entries- consternatie noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- verbijstering noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Esperanto
1 entries- konsterno noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Finnish
1 entries- tyrmistys noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
French
4 entries- accablement noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- consternation noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- prostration noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- sidération noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
German
2 entries- Bestürzung noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- Fassungslosigkeit noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Greek
2 entries- ανησυχία noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- τρόμος noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Hebrew
4 entries- בִּלְבּוּל noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- חֲרָדָה noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- פַּחַד noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- תַּדְהֵמָה noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Hungarian
3 entries- megdöbbenés noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- megrökönyödés noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- szörnyülködés noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Irish
1 entries- anbhá noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Italian
1 entries- costernazione noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Japanese
2 entries- 狼狽 noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- 驚愕 noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Korean
1 entries- 대경실색 noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Latin
1 entries- consternātiō noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Malayalam
1 entries- പരിഭ്രാന്തി noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Manx
1 entries- ard-yindys noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Māori
2 entries- pororaru noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- pōraruraru noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bestyrtelse noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Polish
1 entries- konsternacja noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Portuguese
1 entries- consternação noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Romanian
2 entries- consternare noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- consternație noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Russian
3 entries- испу́г noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- оцепене́ние noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- у́жас noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- maoim noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- preneraženost noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Spanish
3 entries- abatimiento noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- consternación noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- postración noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Swedish
2 entries- bestörtning noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
- häpnad noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Turkish
1 entries- dehşet noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאָנסטערנאַציע noun (amazement or horror; terror, combined with amazement; dismay)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
I learned with consternation that my fears had come to pass.
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Tom looked in consternation at the stain on his shirt.
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The consternation was general.
Source: tatoeba (7752726)
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