Synonyms for consternation
ˌkɒn stərˈneɪ ʃəncon·ster·na·tion

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1. consternation

   Alarm, according to its derivation all'arme, "to arms," is an arousing to meet and repel danger, and may be quite consistent with true courage. Affright and fright express sudden fear which, for the time at least, overwhelms courage. The sentinel discovers with alarm the sudden approach of the enemy; the unarmed villagers view it with affright. Apprehension, disquietude, dread, misgiving, and solicitude are in anticipation of danger; consternation, dismay, and terror are overwhelming fear, generally in the actual presence of that which is terrible, though these words also may have an anticipative force. Timidity is a quality, habit, or condition, a readiness to be affected with fear. A person of great timidity is constantly liable to needless alarm and even terror. Compare FEAR.

   Synonyms:
   affright, alarm, apprehension, dismay, disquietude, dread, fear, fright, misgiving, panic, solicitude, terror, timidity

   Antonyms:
   assurance, calmness, confidence, repose, security

   Preposition:
   Alarm was felt in the camp, among the soldiers, at the news.

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1. consternation

   Synonyms:
   amazement, bewilderment, astonishment, astounding, horror, terror, dismay

   Antonyms:
   encouragement, boldness, fearlessness, assurance, anticipation, welcome, expectation, greeting, congratulation

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1. alarm, dismay, consternationnoun

   fear resulting from the awareness of danger

   Synonyms:
   warning device, alarum, warning signal, alarm clock, alarm, alert, alarm system, discouragement, dismay, disheartenment

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1. consternationnoun

   Synonyms:
   alarm, amazement, terror, fright, dismay, panic, sudden fear

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1. consternationnoun

   Synonyms:
   dismay, terror, alarm, panic, distraction

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1. List of paraphrases for "consternation":

   dismay, amazement, shock, bewilderment

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1. Macky Sall:

   I just learned, with pain and consternation, the death of 11 newborn babies, i express my profound compassion to their mothers and their families.

2. Fiona Hill:

   And there was, you know, kind of, quite a bit of consternation of the party of the State Department.

3. Shane Oliver:

   The ongoing drip feed of high US interest rates is creating consternation, obviously it's pushing up the US dollar and putting downward pressure on Asian currencies generally, including the renminbi, and that could well have further to go.

4. Symone Sanders:

   People are not fighting every day, there's not consternation among aides. That is not true. ... I hear that there are critics. Those who talk often do not know and those who know usually are not the ones talking.

5. Richard Alarcon:

   If he is battling this issue in court while the election is going on through November, the Democrats could lose the seat, and so there's a lot of consternation about how to preserve the Democratic seat on the political side. On the court side, let the court do what it's going to do. But in the court of public opinion, it doesn't look very good for Congressman Cardenas.