Consternation (kon-ster-NAY-shun) — from the Latin for “to throw into confusion” — is the state of being utterly bewildered.
Example (as used by Bob Cox today): “Imagine my consternation (and embarrassment) when the new CEO declined to come downstairs to the conference room to meet with us.”
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