| VERB | emotion | consternate | fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion |
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| Meaning | Fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will consternate him; The good news will consternate her | |
| Example | "After the terrorist attack, people look consternated" | |
| Broader | frighten, fright, scare, affright | drive out by frightening |
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