This is from my 4 year old.....
What questions from little kids have baffled you??????
p.s....I still want an answer to the 1st question...I don't know where my dictionary is....
2006-09-25 06:33:16 · 21 answers · asked by itty 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
READ DETAILS!!!! This is a 2 part question!!!
2006-09-25 06:44:12 · update #1
A surprise that leaves you in confusion or dismay. Synonymous with bewilderment.
Do you have older relatives your 4 year old hangs out with?
I was like your kid, always using huge words for my age, but it was because I hung out with my grandparents, aunts and uncles and 'eavesdropped' rather than running and playing with my cousins most of the time.
2006-09-25 06:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part 1:
Consternation: Confusion caused by fear OR extreme sadness, when things get too tough to handle and you can't do anything but cry....
Part 2:
My kids baffle me every day. One time, my baby asked me why God made people different. They have asked about why some people look different, why some kids are mean, why there aren't dinosaurs anymore, What is Heaven like....etc., etc.
Sometimes, there is just no good, simple answer, and the real answer is not something they are prepared to understand.
2006-09-25 08:41:58 · answer #2 · answered by sexychik1977 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What Is Consternation
2016-09-29 05:27:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since everybody has told you what a consternation is, I'm going to suggest that maybe your four year old meant CONSTELLATION, as in stars, etc... Seems more likely he/she would hear that word, before the other one.
The question I have gotten from a kid that I had no idea how to answer was...
"what happens to the baby chick when you boil the egg?"
2006-09-25 20:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by persnickety1022 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consternation is a fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
When I was about three years old, I baffled my parents with this one:
Everytime I saw a Volkswagen Beetle, I said the word "news."
They would correct me and say that it was a VW Beetle, but I just kept saying "news."
The only thing they could surmise was that I saw one on the news once.
2006-09-25 07:07:03 · answer #5 · answered by Brian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Main Entry: con·ster·na·tion
Pronunciation: "kän(t)-st&r-'nA-sh&n
Function: noun
Etymology: French or Latin; French, from Latin consternation-, consternatio,
from consternare to throw into confusion, from com- + -sternare, probably from sternere to spread, strike down -- more at STREW
amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
the two...stared at each other in consternation, and neither knew what to do -- Pearl Buck>
2006-09-25 06:38:03 · answer #6 · answered by jntshumaker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A feeling of panic or alarm…wow big word for a 4 year old….
Questions that have baffled me hmmmm my little niece use to always say I want cocoon’s all the time…never knew what she meant…
2006-09-25 06:45:24 · answer #7 · answered by Fia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shocked dismay: a feeling of alarm, confusion, or dismay, often caused by something unexpected.
The news caused worldwide consternation and a panic on the stock exchange.
2006-09-25 06:35:49 · answer #8 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consternation-a sudden, alarming amazement or dread that results in utter confusion; dismay.
2006-09-25 06:35:15 · answer #9 · answered by mojo2093@sbcglobal.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A state of paralyzing dismay
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/consternation
2006-09-25 06:34:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋