trepidation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

/ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ en-us-trepidation.ogg en-au-trepidation.ogg

trepidation trepidations

Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”).

agitation apprehension consternation fear hesitation worry quaking quivering

intrepid trepid trepidancy trepidate trepidatious trepidatiously trepidatiousness trepidatory trepidity trepidly

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