(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".
Worry
Definition:
(v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth.
(v. t.) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex; to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague.
(v. t.) To harass with labor; to fatigue.
(v. i.) To feel or express undue care and anxiety; to manifest disquietude or pain; to be fretful; to chafe; as, the child worries; the horse worries.
(n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the position of locum GPs remains worryingly unsure.
(2) I know I have the courage to deal with all the sniping but you worry about the effects on your family."
(3) If Lagarde had been placed under formal investigation in the Tapie case, it would have risked weakening her position and further embarrassing both the IMF and France by heaping more judicial worries on a key figure on the international stage.
(4) In Paris, a foreign ministry spokesman, Romain Nadal, said the French authorities were “fully mobilised to help Serge Atlaoui, whose situation remains very worrying”.
(5) Amid all of the worry about her health, the difficult decisions around the surgery, and how to explain everything to the children, the practicalities of postponing the holiday was a relatively minor consideration.
(6) The secrecy worries me if those decisions are being made without giving us the ability to hold them to account,” says Conservative London Assembly member Andrew Boff.
(7) At the People’s Question Time in Pendle, an elderly man called Roland makes a short, powerful speech about the sacrifices made for the right to vote and says he’s worried for the future of the NHS.
(8) Wimbledon said the world No1 Williams had been suffering from a viral illness and it was a sad and bizarre end to the American’s tournament, not to mention a worrying sight, seeing her hardly able to play.
(9) The only explanation he can come up with is that Cameron is worried about his legacy.
(10) There is no doubt about it that there are authorities that have a greater need for public health money than ourselves, but Surrey still has issues and worries about certain social factors within public health," he said.
(11) Davies, who worked closely with AHTSYL's producers to ensure an accurate picture, worries that some medical stories are sold solely as "emotional journeys".
(12) "We believe BAE's earnings could stagnate until the middle of this decade," said Goldman, which was also worried that performance fees on a joint fighter programme in America had been withheld by the Pentagon, and the company still had a yawning pension deficit.
(13) The big worry here is: even if the data broker reports aggregate data, a) it has this information on an individual level – how else might it use it?
(14) It took a little bit of time to come up on the scoreboard, so I was a bit worried.
(15) Former acting director of the CIA, Michael Morell, also weighed in for Clinton in a New York Times opinion piece on Friday, declaring: “Donald J Trump is not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security.” Republicans stumbling from the wreckage of a terrible week are worrying about how to contain the damage further down the ballot paper in November as people running for seats in Congress and at state level risk being swept away.
(16) Non-worriers evidenced the same disruptive effects in the 15-worry condition as worriers in that condition and worriers in Study 1.
(17) Jenny Jones, a Green party member of the London Assembly who has campaigned to make cycling safer, said she had spoken to the deputy head of the Met's traffic unit to express her worries about the operation.
(18) What was very worrying was at half‑time when you go in the dressing room, I could sense there was no response.
(19) She said she was not worried by Rubio’s one-time position on his immigration bill, later retracted, that he could not support reform if it included citizenship for gay couples.
(20) It sells itself to British tourists as a holiday heaven of golden beaches, flamenco dresses and well-stocked sherry bars, but southern Andalucía – home to the Costa del Sol – has now become the focus of worries about the euro.