Both Uses
consternation
in
Great Expectations
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- The wonder and consternation with which Joe stopped on the threshold of his bite and stared at me, were too evident to escape my sister's observation.†
p. 10.1 *
- Instantly afterwards, the company were seized with unspeakable consternation, owing to his springing to his feet, turning round several times in an appalling spasmodic whooping-cough dance, and rushing out at the door; he then became visible through the window, violently plunging and expectorating, making the most hideous faces, and apparently out of his mind.†
p. 28.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(consternation) dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) -- typically over something unexpected
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)