trepidation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
When I went, I left from the station / With a haversack and some trepidation
1990, Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant, “Being Boring”, performed by Pet Shop Boys:She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, chapter VII, in A House is Built:I decided, with considerable trepidation, to let him drive my car without me.
The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.
2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 – 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:She reached it soon after half-past two. She found its gloomy nineteenth-century façade, black with the smuts of ninety years, a little daunting, and mounted its broad steps in some trepidation. But she rang the bell hard and knocked firmly.
1915, Edgar Jepson, “The Reluctant Duke”, in Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl, Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 135:
- (countable, uncountable) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
- (countable, obsolete, uncountable) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| trepidations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
trepidity · trepid · trepidate · trepidly · trepidatiousness · trepidatious · intrepid · trepidatory · trepidancy · trepidatiously
Synonyms
apprehension · fear · agitation · quivering · quaking · consternation · worry · hesitation
Translations (73)
pt ansiedade (fearful state) · fr trépidation (libration of the starry sphere) · it apprensione (fearful state) · bg безпокойство (fearful state) · nl ongerustheid (fearful state) · ru беспоко́йство (fearful state) · it preoccupazione (fearful state) · nl opwinding (fearful state) · mi hopohopo (fearful state) · pl obawa (fearful state) · it dubbio (fearful state) · de Erbeben (involuntary trembling) · nl beving (involuntary trembling) · cmn 顫抖 /颤抖 (involuntary trembling) · de Angst (fearful state) · fr inquiétude (fearful state) · de Bangen (fearful state) · fi vapina (involuntary trembling) · cmn 擔憂 /担忧 (fearful state) · pt tremura (fearful state) · ru трево́га (fearful state) · es ansiedad (fearful state) · de Trepidation (libration of the starry sphere) · de Beklommenheit (fearful state) · fr appréhension (fearful state) · cmn 不安 (fearful state) · mi manawapā (fearful state) · es desazón (fearful state) · la trepidatio (fearful state) · kmr nîgeranî (fearful state) · fi pelko (fearful state) · bg треперене (involuntary trembling) · fr trépidation (involuntary trembling) · yue 不安 (fearful state) · pt receio (fearful state) · es aprensión (fearful state) · es azoramiento (fearful state) · es duda (fearful state) · yue 驚恐 /惊恐 (fearful state) · tr telaş (fearful state) · pl trwoga (fearful state) · cmn 驚恐 /惊恐 (fearful state) · sh неспокој (fearful state) · pt tremor (fearful state) · fr crainte (fearful state) · tr korku (fearful state) · cmn 顫動 /颤动 (libration of the starry sphere) · it incertezza (fearful state) · it insicurezza (fearful state) · fi hermostuneisuus (fearful state) · pdt Angst (fearful state) · es trepidación (fearful state) · ro trepidație (fearful state) · sv bävan (fearful state) · cmn 憂慮 /忧虑 (fearful state) · pt apreensão (fearful state) · yue 驚惶 /惊惶 (fearful state) · pt trepidação (fearful state) · cmn 發抖 /发抖 (involuntary trembling) · it trepidazione (fearful state) · fi huoli (fearful state) · mi anipā (fearful state) · it timore (fearful state) · pt perturbação (fearful state) · cmn 驚惶 /惊惶 (fearful state) · ro trepidare (fearful state) · fi trepidaatio (libration of the starry sphere) · de Zittern (involuntary trembling) · es preocupación (fearful state) · sv oro (fearful state) · pt agitação (fearful state) · es inquietud (fearful state) · kmr dilgiranî (fearful state)