Consternation
noun
A strong feeling of surprise or sudden disappointment that causes confusion.
To her consternation, her car wouldn't start.
Often appears as...
- to her consternation
- much to consternation
noun
A strong feeling of surprise or sudden disappointment that causes confusion.
To her consternation, her car wouldn't start.
Often appears as...
- to her consternation
- much to consternation
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Consternation is used when an event is emotionally startling enough to cause confusion or distress.
His sudden resignation was met with consternation by the team.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Mild Surprise
'Consternation' describes more than just surprise; it implies a mix of shock and disappointment.
Much to her consternation, she discovered the gift was a prank.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Disruption
Use 'consternation' when something disrupts plans or expectations significantly, causing a strong reaction.
The cancellation of the flight caused consternation among the passengers.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Consternation is used when an event is emotionally startling enough to cause confusion or distress.
His sudden resignation was met with consternation by the team.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Mild Surprise
'Consternation' describes more than just surprise; it implies a mix of shock and disappointment.
Much to her consternation, she discovered the gift was a prank.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Disruption
Use 'consternation' when something disrupts plans or expectations significantly, causing a strong reaction.
The cancellation of the flight caused consternation among the passengers.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Intensity
Consternation is used when an event is emotionally startling enough to cause confusion or distress.
His sudden resignation was met with consternation by the team.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Mild Surprise
'Consternation' describes more than just surprise; it implies a mix of shock and disappointment.
Much to her consternation, she discovered the gift was a prank.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Disruption
Use 'consternation' when something disrupts plans or expectations significantly, causing a strong reaction.
The cancellation of the flight caused consternation among the passengers.
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Video examples
What It's Like to Be a...
And one of them, watched him bleed out and then watched an infrared become the same color as the ground that he died on. MORGAN Is there remorse, or there was like consternation? BRANDON I'm sitting there like, I just watched a man bleed out. I felt horrible. I wanted to cry.
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
Her occupancy, her absolute, faithful attendance. The dance of our glances, challenge, abdication, effacement, the perfume of our consternation.
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What It's Like to Be a...
And one of them, watched him bleed out and then watched an infrared become the same color as the ground that he died on. MORGAN Is there remorse, or there was like consternation? BRANDON I'm sitting there like, I just watched a man bleed out. I felt horrible. I wanted to cry.
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
Her occupancy, her absolute, faithful attendance. The dance of our glances, challenge, abdication, effacement, the perfume of our consternation.
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Quote examples
Jeff Kinney
American Writer
Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters that were believable because they were a lot like me - caused considerable consternation when they were first published, but now they're widely accepted as an essential part of the children's literary canon.
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Wendell Willkie
American Lawyer
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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Sheryl Crow
American Musician
The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.
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John Sulston
British Scientist
When it came to choice of subjects, science was obvious - since I was uninterested in anything else - but a decision that caused consternation in some eyes was my demand to take biology for A-level.
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Doug Liman
American Director
I'm interested in the kind of anti-establishment ethos that goes with making an independent movie. I like to bring that to studio films - usually to the consternation of the studios.
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Twinkle Khanna
Indian Businesswoman
I like crisp words like 'blimey', 'yikes', 'crap' which describe consternation, embarrassment, and sometimes wonderment without making me type so many alphabets.
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Alexandra Adornetto
Australian Author
While my seemingly compulsive school-hopping has raised some eyebrows among my peers and caused my parents understandable consternation, I do not regret it.
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Tim Gunn
American Designer
Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
I think the curation consternation is this: Just because you like something or list something, are you really curating?
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Elizabeth A. Sherman
Educator
It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right.
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Jeff Kinney
American Writer
Many of Judy Blume's books - which I devoured when I was growing up and where I found characters that were believable because they were a lot like me - caused considerable consternation when they were first published, but now they're widely accepted as an essential part of the children's literary canon.
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Wendell Willkie
American Lawyer
But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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Sheryl Crow
American Musician
The video forum for me has been a source of great consternation because once you start projecting a look to a song, it robs the listener of their ability to adopt that song and make the lyric their own.
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John Sulston
British Scientist
When it came to choice of subjects, science was obvious - since I was uninterested in anything else - but a decision that caused consternation in some eyes was my demand to take biology for A-level.
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Doug Liman
American Director
I'm interested in the kind of anti-establishment ethos that goes with making an independent movie. I like to bring that to studio films - usually to the consternation of the studios.
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Twinkle Khanna
Indian Businesswoman
I like crisp words like 'blimey', 'yikes', 'crap' which describe consternation, embarrassment, and sometimes wonderment without making me type so many alphabets.
Quote examples
Alexandra Adornetto
Australian Author
While my seemingly compulsive school-hopping has raised some eyebrows among my peers and caused my parents understandable consternation, I do not regret it.
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Tim Gunn
American Designer
Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.
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Faith Salie
American Journalist
I think the curation consternation is this: Just because you like something or list something, are you really curating?
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Elizabeth A. Sherman
Educator
It's not about Obama, it's about the Democrats and their policies that cause consternation on the right.
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