trepidation

[Trep`i*da·tion]

When plain old "fear" isn't enough to get across a deep feeling of dread about something on the horizon, use the more formal word trepidation.

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An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.

Noun
a feeling of alarm or dread


n.
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.

n.
Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.

n.
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.


Trepidation

Trep`i*da"tion , n. [F. tr'82pidation, 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. 2. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation. 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. Syn. -- Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear.

An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering.

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