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Definition of Consternate
1. Verb. Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion. "The good news will consternate her"; "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated"
Definition of Consternate
1. Verb. To cause consternation ¹
2. Verb. To dismay ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consternate
1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consternate
Literary usage of Consternate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of England from the Revolution to the death of George the second by David Hume (1848)
"... enters Prince Henry, having happily achieved these adven- Franconia, tures,
and filled all Bohemia with alarm and consternate ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... appall, shoo, terrify, terrorize, dismay, gaily (dial, or whaling), horrify,
freeze, cow, daunt, startle, consternate, intimidate, stampede, drive. ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"... consternate parts of Europe ; they know precisely what they are worth ; yet
they have a genuine respect for the vigor and persistency displayed in other ..."
4. Defenseless America by Hudson Maxim (1915)
"... f If we were to disarm, as these ladies advise, war j would come upon us with
consternate suddenness. \ Then, when they saw the ..."
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