(n.) Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Example Sentences:
(1) All of the hardware complications were managed without undue difficulty, and although they were a source of consternation to the surgeon, they did not affect the patients adversely.
(2) Although he said he wished ITV “well”, Edwards’ accusation of “creative handling of audience figures” caused particular consternation at the commercial channel.
(3) He is like a Sir Bobby Charlton and Denis Law who I remember watching – the whole club here is a legend.” Martino was certainly correct when he said during the build up – probably to the consternation of the promoter – that there was no way the match would have any bearing on this year’s Ballon d’Or.
(4) Tsipras, who made an official visit to Moscow in April to discuss the project, has made improved ties with the fellow Orthodox state a central plank of his two-party coalition’s foreign policy – much to the consternation of the EU.
(5) Gove's comments are likely to cause consternation in Germany, where politicians are keen to stress the lessons learned from two world wars and the role that European integration has played in promoting peace.
(6) To the consternation of some of Pakistan’s European donors the country abandoned an informal moratorium on the death penalty and has so far executed more than 300 death row prisoners.
(7) The proposed implementation of a similar system in Australia, also called Cleanfeed, has caused consternation among civil rights campaigners.
(8) For these reasons, I am voting to remain.” Beckham’s defence of the EU might once have caused consternation over the family breakfast table.
(9) After complaining about the way black flood victims were portrayed in the media, West finished up by saying: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” Co-presenter Mike Myers , who tried to stay on-script, looked suitably consternated as the camera cut away.
(10) Akinfeev's punt upfield caused consternation in a City defence that never seems the same when Vincent Kompany, still sidelined with a thigh injury , is absent.
(11) Grief, consternation about the loss of attractivity and disfigurement of the body could be found in 50 of them.
(12) Trump’s decision to hold a protocol-trampling conversation with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen last Friday and his subsequent Twitter attacks on China have caused consternation in Beijing .
(13) Green measures took up only a few minutes of the chancellor's hour-long budget speech, and though some green groups were pleased that Osborne was not openly scornful of environmental protections – his rhetoric in previous speeches has been severe, slamming environmental regulations as a "burden" on business - there was consternation at some of his pledges, including airport expansion in south-east England and new roads.
(14) Under Mitchell, DfID announced an overhaul of the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC), the UK's development finance arm, appointing a new chief executive on a salary significantly lower than that of her predecessor , whose generous package caused consternation.
(15) Alexakis reeled off the myriad austerity measures that have been driven, often to widespread consternation from MPs, through the Greek parliament.
(16) It’s the culmination of a long and illuminating day spent with Davey, who to general surprise (and some consternation among those who thought he was ill-qualified) took over as Radio 3 controller earlier this year, having previously been chief executive of Arts Council England .
(17) Causing some consternation locally is the new Aam Aadmi (common man) party, which is challenging many of the fundamental principles of Indian politics .
(18) Such clear evidence of rigging is likely to cause consternation in western capitals, from where there is strong pressure on President Hosni Mubarak to embrace some democratisation.
(19) The most detail we have had so far comes from Wikileaks, which leaked chapters on intellectual property proposals that have caused consternation online.
(20) Mocking the consternation among progressives, a conservative film reviewer at Rupert Murdoch's New York Post agreed: Zero Dark Thirty is, he wrote, "a clear vindication for the Bush administration's view of the war on terror" that "subtly presents President Obama and by extension the entire Democratic establishment and its supporters in the media as hindering the effort to find Bin Laden by politicising harsh interrogation techniques".
Indignation
Definition:
(n.) The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence.
(n.) The effect of anger; punishment.
Example Sentences:
(1) If the villagers fail to respect the social code, by not using her new name or by reminding her of her indignity, they have to perform a reparative ritual, at which a goat is sacrificed.
(2) "This unfair and unequal treatment means that children with disabilities – already so disadvantaged – suffer further indignities.
(3) Asked by the BBC whether he would apologise or comply with a demand from Miliband for him to resign, he said: "Well, if someone can explain anything that I said as factually incorrect of course I would consider it...People are slightly spinning and loading into what I said in a way to get false indignation."
(4) The ALA collects information on which books are objected to and reports on prominent recurring themes that tend to generate moral or ideological indignation.
(5) We accept on behalf of our client that public interest demands nothing but total indignation and condemnation from all media reporting but such reporting ought not to persist at the expense of undermining Mr Barklie’s right to a fair trial.” His lawyers said the Metropolitan police had confirmed ”that arrangements were in hand to take the investigation to the next stage”.
(6) Not since Novak Djokovic beat him 6-1, 6-0 in the semi-final of the 2007 Miami Masters – when Murray was injured – has the Scot had to suffer such indignity.
(7) However indignant Hollande may have been about a glossy celebrity magazine revealing the details of his affair with a French actress – and he said his indignation was "total" – whatever reflections and considerations were going through the presidential grey matter on Tuesday morning, the idea of sitting down and drafting his resignation was almost certainly not among them.
(8) The Duchess of Cambridge, due to give birth in the next couple of weeks, will not suffer the indignities of, say, Mary of Modena in 1688, forced to give birth in front of an audience of 200 and still accused of a bit of business with bedpan and changeling.
(9) Last year, in a continuing campaign to improve policing , he produced a book brimming with indignation.
(10) Imagine the dizzy swoon of indignation deprivation: what's upsetting is there's nothing to get upset about.
(11) And we are increasing the number of single rooms in the NHS to ensure no patient suffers this indignity when it is unjustified."
(12) But the State Department's indignation over the leaks of allegedly valuable secrets was, and remains, preposterous.
(13) 2.42am BST 6 mins Jamaica indignant as a corner is awarded when they thought they were getting a foul.
(14) The human pressure cooker could not contain his indignation at having to watch Channel 4 news reporter, Fatima Manji , cover the tragic attack in Nice.
(15) Righteous indignation was tweeted and retweeted, celebrities piled on the pressure, pundits sharpened their quills.
(16) I cried at the time, tears of sadness for her, guilt for me (I should be able to do more), and indignation and anger about the unfairness of it all.
(17) It was classic Loach territory: exploitation, the indignity of unemployment, the resilience and humour of working-class people.
(18) When Elinor and Marianne debate the importance of money in the company of Edward, Marianne reacts indignantly to Elinor's declaration that happiness has much to do with "wealth": "'Elinor, for shame!'
(19) It was found that in a somewhat cyclical succession, patient deviance was followed by the staff's spontaneous moral indignation.
(20) For the next five years at least that is an indignity he will not have to worry about.