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CONSTERNATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does consternate mean?
• CONSTERNATE (verb)
The verb CONSTERNATE has 1 sense:
1. fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
Familiarity information: CONSTERNATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they consternate ... he / she / it consternates
Past simple: consternated
Past participle: consternated
-ing form: consternating
... he / she / it consternates Past simple: consternated
Past participle: consternated
-ing form: consternating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
After the terrorist attack, people look consternated
Hypernyms (to "consternate" is one way to...):
affright; fright; frighten; scare (cause fear in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will consternate him
The good news will consternate her
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