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# consternation

«consternation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sudden feeling of shock and worry, when people are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

A sudden feeling of shock and worry, when people are upset and do not know what to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consternation/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, when a court or town hears bad news and is thrown into fear and confusion: the news caused great consternation.

### examples

- The news filled the village with consternation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consternation/#x1)
- To everyone's consternation, the bridge had washed away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consternation/#x2)
- She looked at the broken vase in consternation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consternation/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «consternation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consternation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.