Consternation
Consternation noun - Fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
Nightmare and consternation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nightmare" instead a noun "Consternation".
Nightmare
Nightmare noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.
Consternation and nightmare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Consternation" instead a noun "Nightmare".
Nearby Word: nightmarish
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- anxiety and consternation
- anxiety and nightmare
- fear and consternation
- fear and nightmare
- dread and consternation
- dread and nightmare
- terror and consternation
- terror and nightmare
- worry and consternation
- worry and nightmare
- distress and consternation
- distress and nightmare
- scare and consternation
- scare and nightmare
How words are described
| complete | complete consternation | complete nightmare |
| total | total consternation | total nightmare |
| single | single consternation | single nightmare |
| little | little consternation | little nightmare |
| Other adjectives: diplomatic, eternal, later, greatest, never-ending. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Even after she regains all the memories of Nightmare Moon her behavior is noticeably different from her past self, much to the consternation of her Evil Chancellor.
Source: Fanfic / Past Sins
Cite this Source
Nightmare and Consternation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/consternation/nightmare
Consternation & Nightmare. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/consternation/nightmare>.
Nightmare or Consternation. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/consternation/nightmare.
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