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consternation

Consternation (noun) means Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

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

From French consternation, from Latin consternātiō. By surface analysis, consternate + -ion.

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"consternation" (noun) means amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

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