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A feeling of alarm or dread
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trepidation
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a feeling of alarm or dread
Wikipedia
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According to a now-obsolete medieval theory of astronomy , trepidation is oscillation in the precession of the equinoxes . The theory was popular from the 9th to the 16th centuries. The origin of the theory of trepidation comes from the Small Commentary ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Middle French trepidation (15c.) and directly from Latin trepidationem (nominative trepidatio ) "agitation, alarm, trembling," noun of action from past participle stem of trepidare "to tremble, hurry," from trepidus "alarmed, scared," from ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trepidation \Trep`i*da"tion\, n. [F. tr['e]pidation, L. trepidatio, fr. trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, disturbed, alarmed; cf. trepit he turns, Gr. ? to turn, E. torture.] An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I open my home with some trepidation and humility. ▪ I threw in my entire savings toward the down-payment and, with trepidation , agreed to manage the building. ▪ It was a day that should rightly be viewed with some trepidation ...
Usage examples of trepidation.
That was apprized of all that had passed, I by no means inferred from the tenour of his conversation with Constantia, nor, if this had been incontestably proved, should I have experienced any trepidation or anxiety on that account.
Trahern sat silent, unmoving as the barouche halted, and Shanna glanced at him with a certain amount of trepidation, not willing to break his mood.
Gilles and Anisia, married less than two months, had seemed young and frightened, full of childish trepidations, their mourning for Thomas Blas more a matter of alarm that they had been plunged into the charge of an isolated rural estate than of grief at his untimely death.
I was called formally to his room, and went with some trepidation as I assumed that I must have misbehaved, since he was not a man who gave himself much to his children, being too occupied with more important matters.
He used energy from frustration and trepidation to channel strong spells of protection and discipline into the main gauche for Tinne Holly.
Her trepidations were mingled with emotions not unakin to sublimity, but the consciousness of danger speedily prevailed, and she hastened to acquit herself of her engagement.
Marsali sat down, reached under her arisaid to unfasten her bodice, and set the baby to her breast, her lip clenched between her teeth with trepidation.
Brianna thought, eyeing Jemmy with some trepidation as she envisioned the future.
Ignoring her trepidation, she took a step toward him, lifting the naja in her hand.
Locals regarded the picket of dark Skins with considerable trepidation.
I was still looking at the unopened envelope with some trepidation when the telephone rang.
Although it was far lower than treetops he would have assayed without trepidation, he felt a momentary pang of acrophobia.
As it is, users are likely to respond with some trepidation to the need to install plug-ins and to the avalanche of information their single, innocuous, mouse click generates.
Micawber was obliged, in great trepidation, to run down to the water-butt in the backyard, and draw a basinful to lave her brow with.
And at the merry lilting of it Bibbs's father's son took heart to forget some of his trepidation.