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consternation

con.ster.na.tion \.ka:n(t)-st*r-'na--sh*n\ n [F or L; F, fr. L 
   consternation-, consternatio, fr. consternatus], pp. of consternare to 
   bewilder, alarm, fr. com- + -sternare (akin to OE starian to stare) : 
   amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion