Tuesday, September 16, 2008

CONSTERNATION

shock, amazement, dismay

/fear resulting from the awareness of danger

//a state of paralyzing dismay

SYN - alarm, dismay

"the two…stared at each other in consternation, and neither knew what to do" — Pearl Buck

"he was frozen in consternation as the bear approached."

"he stood in deep consternation before the breathtaking waterfalls."

"While the others had been through this before, he was in a state of consternation before the task ahead of them."

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