consternation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: consternation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for consternation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consternation n fear resulting from the awareness of danger [syn: alarm, dismay, consternation]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Consternation \Con`sterna"tion\, n. [L. consternatio, fr. consternare to overome, perplex, an accessory form of consternere to trow down, prostrate; con + sternere to spread out, throw down: cf. F. consternation. See {Stratum}.] Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay. The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in consternation* drowned. Attend the stern reply. --Pope. Syn: Alarm; fright; amazement; astonishment; surprise; panic; perturbation. See {Alarm}.