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CONSTERNATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they consternate ... he / she / it consternates
Past simple: consternated
Past participle: consternated
-ing form: consternating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
Example:
After the terrorist attack, people look consternated
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "consternate" is one way to...):
affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will consternate him
The good news will consternate her
