'Trepidation' definitions:
Definition of 'trepidation'
From: WordNet
noun
A feeling of alarm or dread
Definition of 'Trepidation'
From: GCIDE
- 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.]
- 1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anc. Astron.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trepidation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitation,
- alarm,
- apprehensiveness,
- attack of nerves,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- brouhaha,
- buck fever,
- bustle,
- case of nerves,
- chills of fear,
- churn,
- cold creeps,
- cold shivers,
- cold sweat,
- commotion,
- consternation,
- conturbation,
- creeps,
- didder,
- discomposure,
- dismay,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- dithers,
- dread,
- ebullition,
- embroilment,
- excessive irritability,
- excitement,
- fear,
- fear and trembling,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- flutteration,
- foment,
- fright,
- fume,
- fuss,
- goose bumps,
- gooseflesh,
- heartquake,
- heaving,
- horripilation,
- horror,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- inquietude,
- jimjams,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- moil,
- morbid excitability,
- nerves,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervous stomach,
- nervousness,
- palpitation,
- panic,
- panickiness,
- panting,
- perturbation,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- quaking,
- quaver,
- quavering,
- quiver,
- quiver of terror,
- quivering,
- restlessness,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shakes,
- shaking,
- shiver,
- shivers,
- shudder,
- spell of nerves,
- stage fright,
- state of nerves,
- stir,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- terror,
- thrill of fear,
- throb,
- throbbing,
- tic,
- to-do,
- tremble,
- trembling,
- tremor,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitching,
- twitter,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unrest,
- upset,
- vellication