Both Uses of
consternation
in
Dracula
- To me, a doctor's preparations for work of any kind are stimulating and bracing, but the effect of these things on both Arthur and Quincey was to cause them a sort of consternation.
p. 229.0consternation = dismay (unhappiness and worry)
- To my consternation, however, he was not there.
p. 397.4 *
Definition:
dismay (unhappiness, worry, and often confusion) -- typically over something unexpected