trepidation
Meanings
Plural: trepidations
Noun
- a feeling of alarm or dread
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”).
Synonyms
agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, quaking, quivering, worry
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