trepidation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
2. (countable, uncountable) An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
3. (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.

Synonyms

quivering

fear

😨

trembling

apprehension

tremor

tremble

alarm

dread

jitters

shudder

nervousness

flutter

panic

scare

😨

perturbation

consternation

fright

dismay

heebie-jeebies

nerves

outbreak

pother

quake

queasiness

quiver

restlessness

riot

row

ruction

ruffle

rumpus

scrimmage

shaking

🫨

shiver

skittishness

stew

🍲

stir

terror

trepidity

abhorrence

turbulence

turmoil

uproar

upset

welter

worry

screaming meemies

trouble

agitation

anguish

Translations

trepidazione

inquiétude

korku

😨

trepidación

Beklommenheit

crainte

😨

Angst

😨

miedo

😨

medo

😨

receio

😨

schroom

beduchtheid

vrees

😨

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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