different between indignation vs consternation
indignation
English
Etymology
From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indign?ti?, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.d??.?ne?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
indignation (countable and uncountable, plural indignations)
- An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
- A self-righteous anger or disgust.
Related terms
- deign
- dignify
- indign
- indignant
- undignified
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indign?ti?, indign?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.di.?a.sj??/
Noun
indignation f (plural indignations)
- Indignation
Related terms
- indigne
- indignement
- indigner
- indignité
Further reading
- “indignation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
indignation
- Alternative form of indignacioun
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consternation
English
Etymology
From French consternation, from Latin constern?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.st??ne?.??n/
- (US) enPR: k?n?st?r.n?'sh?n, IPA(key): /?k?n.st??ne??.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
consternation (countable and uncountable, plural consternations)
- Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
- "Out!" exclaimed her husband, with something like genuine consternation in his voice.
- 2003, Terrance Dicks & Barry Letts, Deadly Reunion, chapter 17:
- Their audience had been listening in increasing consternation.
- February 27, 2006, Chuck Klosterman in Esquire, Invention's New Mother
- It was probably worth four millennia of consternation and regret.
- 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin constern?ti?. Morphologically, from consterner +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??s.t??.na.sj??/
Noun
consternation f (plural consternations)
- consternation
Further reading
- “consternation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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