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consternation | American Dictionary

consternation
noun[ U ]
us/ˌkɑn·stərˈneɪ·ʃən/
a feeling of strong annoyance and anger, usually because of something bad that you cannot change or that is completely unexpected:
The power failure caused consternation among local officials.

Examples of consternation

consternation
In hindsight, then, the consternation over the exactness of the register seemed somewhat misplaced, as the much expected massive turnout never occurred.
This created consternation even among non-governmental members who were keen for more diversified sources of funding.
These types of lyrics could not have found a home before dancehall and, not surprisingly, cause their share of consternation and frustration among church leaders.
Cameralism's claims on chemistry and botany in particular tended to provoke consternation among professors of medicine.
Given the contentious history of psychiatry, however, this simple statement might still arouse a certain level of consternation.
And, in our view of color perception, this kind of situation is ubiquitous - which seems to have provoked consternation and alarm among many commentators.
Despite the consternation that engulfed the region, the western frontier did not erupt in the way in which it had some twelve years earlier.
And when this approach is described as "ethnography," my objection verges on consternation.
Show no consternation: close your fingers firmly upon the gift; let it sting through your palm.
Douglas' remark therefore caused consternation, and even the chief steward was called.
The desire of some midwives to maintain a connection to both the art and science components of their practice causes consternation amid the midwifery profession today.
There may have been consternation when the first and second sections were brought together for joining, with, seemingly, the main register and upper border already complete.
She stared into space, full of consternation.
That in turn causes a good deal of consternation in those villages, because of the serious environmental and safety problems that the diversions cause.
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