Associations to the word «Consternation»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

CONSTERNATION, noun. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley