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countable and uncountable, plural consternations
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay. quotations examples
"Out!" exclaimed her husband, with something like genuine consternation in his voice.
1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Their audience had been listening in increasing consternation.
2003, Terrance Dicks, Barry Letts, chapter 17, in Deadly Reunion
It was probably worth four millennia of consternation and regret.
February 27, 2006, Chuck Klosterman, “Invention's New Mother”, in Esquire