Consternation

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  • noun. A state of great alarm, agitation, or dismay.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Astonishment combined with terror; amazement that confounds the faculties and incapacitates for deliberate thought and action; extreme surprise, with confusion and panic.
  • noun. Synonyms Apprehension, Fright, etc. See alarm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
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  • noun. Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
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  • noun. fear resulting from the awareness of danger
    • Word Usage
    ""What – what – what!" exclaimed Old Hurricane, gazing in consternation from the young prisoner to the accuser; "what – what! my newsboy, my saucy little prince of patches, a girl in boy's clothes?""
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fear  fearfulness  fright  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anguish  awe  chagrin  dismay  exasperation  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abject fear  affright  alarm  alarm  amazement  
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