Consternation
Consternation noun - Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
Expectation
Expectation noun - The act or state of looking forward to some occurrence.
Consternation is an antonym for expectation.
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Expectation and Consternation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/consternation/expectation
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