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consternated

consternated is the simple past and past participle of consternate.

Meaning of consternate

Verb

consternate (third-person singular simple present consternates, present participle consternating, simple past and past participle consternated)

  1. (transitive) To cause consternation in; to dismay.

Adjective

consternated (comparative more consternated, superlative most consternated)

  1. Dismayed.
    • ‘O Dear, then,’ said Miss Georgiana, looking a little consternated, ‘perhaps you won't thank me for calling you to this place!’1782, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 182

Forms of consternated

comparativemore consternated
superlativemost consternated

Questions about consternated

What does consternated mean?
Consternated means dismayed.
What is consternated the simple past and past participle of?
Consternated is the simple past and past participle of consternate.
What part of speech is consternated?
Consternated is an adjective.

Words near consternated in the dictionary

  1. Consterdine
  2. Consterdines
  3. constered
  4. constering
  5. consternate
  6. consternated
  7. consternates
  8. consternating
  9. consternation
  10. consternations
  11. consters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consternated (page history and authors); consternate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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