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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis