имя существительное ужас; испуг; оцепенение (от страха) Например: to cause consternation — вызывать испуг to express / feel consternation — пугаться, чувствовать испуг To our consternation, the current was turned off. — К нашему ужасу, отключили ток.
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 strew amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion Example: the two…stared at each other in consternation, and neither knew what to do — Pearl Buck