Word: consternation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: con
ster
na
tion
Definition: Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Morphemes:
Affix: consternation
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cōn-
Language: la
Decoded: con-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word
Affix: sternō
Language: la
Decoded: sterno
PoS: Verb
Meaning: I knock to the ground, demolish, raze, level, flatten.
Affix: -tiō
Language: la
Decoded: -tio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: -tion, -ation, -ing; suffixed to a verb (usually a participle form) to form a noun relating to some action or the result of an action.