Cŏn’ster-nā’tĭon, n.

n. [Lat. consternatio, from consternare, to overcome, perplex, an accessory form of consternere, to throw down, prostrate, from con and sternere, to spread out, throw down; Fr. consternation, Sp. consternacion, It. consternazione.] Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for consideration; excessive terror, wonder, or surprise; dismay.

This increased the consternation and belief in every body that there was nothing but immediate death to be expected. — Strype.

Synonyms— Alarm; horror; amazement; astonishment; surprise; wonder; perturbation. See ALARM.