|
|
1. (n.) trepidation
tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
2. trepidation
a trembling or quivering movement.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L trepidātiō, der. of trepidā(re) to be apprehensive, panic)
|
| Definition of 'trepidation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) trepidation
a feeling of alarm or dread
|
| Definition of 'trepidation' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) trepidation
an involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering
2. (noun) trepidation
hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation
3. (noun) trepidation
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
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'trepidation' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of trepidation 
