Consternations

con;ster;na;tion pronunciation: function: noun etymology: french or latin; french, from latin consternation-, consternatio, from consternare to throw into confusion, from com- + -sternare, probably from sternere to spread, strike down — more at strewdate: 1604 : amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion lt;the two…stared at each other in consternation, and neither knew what to do — pearl buckgt;