consternation

Meaning

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

Synonyms

dismay

alarm

fright

terror

panic

fear

😨

bewilderment

dread

discomfiture

confusion

anxiety

amazement

stupor

scare

😨

trepidation

funk

shock

⚡

perplexity

depression

commotion

astonishment

stupefaction

dejection

horror

turmoil

lifelessness

melancholia

melancholy

misgiving

outbreak

outrage

panic-stricken

perturbation

pother

quake

regret

relief

restlessness

riot

row

ruction

ruffle

rumpus

sadness

sale

scariness

scrimmage

sorrow

stir

subtraction

Translations

consternation

Bestürzung

consternación

consternação

verbijstering

consternatie

ontsteltenis

costernazione

dehşet

estupefação

abattement

verslagenheid

stupéfaction

stupeur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌkɒn.stəˈneɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From French consternation, from Latin consternātiō.