Consternation (noun)
kon-stur-nay-shun
A feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.
Early 17th century from Latin consternatio(n-), from the verb consternare ‘lay prostrate, terrify’
Example sentences
“To her consternation she couldn’t get it to work!”
Mackle (verb) mak-ul to blur, as from a double impression in printing First used in 1585–95. A variant of earlier macle, makle; earlier macule (from the Latin macula, “spot, blemish”).…