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consternating

consternating is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about consternating

What is consternating the present participle and gerund of?
Consternating is the present participle and gerund of consternate.

Words near consternating in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: consternating (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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