All 4 Uses of
consternation
in
David Copperfield
- It was on this very first day that I had the misfortune to throw her, though she was not subject to such weakness in general, into a state of violent consternation.†
Chpt 7-9
- I needed no second permission; though I was by this time in such a state of consternation and agitation, that my legs shook under me.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- Our dinner had been indefinitely postponed; but it was growing so late, that my aunt had ordered it to be got ready, when she gave a sudden alarm of donkeys, and to my consternation and amazement, I beheld Miss Murdstone, on a side-saddle, ride deliberately over the sacred piece of green, and stop in front of the house, looking about her.†
Chpt 13-15
- Consternation was in every face.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(consternation) dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) -- typically over something unexpected