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consternate

[ kon-ster-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

consternated, consternating.
  1. to dismay, confuse, or terrify.


consternate

/ ˈɒԲəˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. tr; usually passive to fill with anxiety, dismay, dread, or confusion
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  • ܲ·Dzsٱ·Բe adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of consternate1

1645–55; < Latin DzԲٱٳܲ, past participle of DzԲٱ to unsettle, throw into confusion, perhaps intensive derivative of consternere to cover, spread (with) ( con- con- + sternere to strew; stratum ), though sense development uncertain
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of consternate1

C17: from Latin DzԲٱ, from sternere to lay low, spread out
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St. John cuts a striking figure onscreen but he brings a low-key focus to Buford, coming off more as a consternated neighborhood leader than a fiery radical.

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Wade listed a number of federal agents — with the FBI, the Postal Service, and the FDA — that Rosendorff had been in a room with, and seemed consternated that Rosendorff didn’t remember all their names.

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President Martin Vizcarra said on Twitter that he was “consternated” by Garcia’s death, and sent his condolences to his family members.

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Indeed, we have become so collectively consternated that a 2016 analysis led by the World Health Organisation estimated that, without more treatment, 12bn working days will be lost because of anxiety each year.

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Sometimes I became so consternated when I woke up to the reality of my weaknesses that I scrambled to the computer in order to escape all over again.

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