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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌtɹɛp.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-trepidation.ogg , en-au-trepidation.ogg Forms: trepidations [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|trepidātiō}} Latin trepidātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} trepidation (countable and uncountable, plural trepidations)
  1. Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms: agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry Translations (fearful state): безпокойство (bezpokojstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 驚恐 (Chinese Cantonese), 惊恐 (english: ging¹ hung²) (Chinese Cantonese), 驚惶 (Chinese Cantonese), 惊惶 (ging¹ wong⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 不安 (english: bat¹ on¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 驚恐 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊恐 (jīngkǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 驚惶 (Chinese Mandarin), 惊惶 (jīnghuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不安 (bù'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), opwinding [feminine] (Dutch), ongerustheid [feminine] (Dutch), pelko (Finnish), huoli (Finnish), hermostuneisuus (Finnish), inquiétude [feminine] (French), crainte (French), appréhension (French), Beklommenheit [feminine] (German), Angst [feminine] (German), Bangen [neuter] (German), trepidazione (Italian), timore (Italian), preoccupazione (Italian), insicurezza (Italian), dubbio (Italian), incertezza (Italian), apprensione (Italian), trepidatio [feminine] (Latin), hopohopo (Maori), anipā (Maori), manawapā (Maori), Angst [feminine] (Plautdietsch), obawa [feminine] (Polish), trwoga [feminine] (Polish), trepidação (Portuguese), ansiedade (Portuguese), receio (Portuguese), tremor (Portuguese), perturbação (Portuguese), tremura (Portuguese), agitação (Portuguese), apreensão (Portuguese), trepidație [feminine] (Romanian), trepidare [feminine] (Romanian), беспоко́йство (bespokójstvo) (Russian), трево́га (trevóga) (Russian), неспокој (nespokoj) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), preocupación (Spanish), duda (Spanish), aprensión (Spanish), ansiedad (Spanish), inquietud (Spanish), desazón (Spanish), azoramiento (Spanish), trepidación (Spanish), bävan [common-gender] (Swedish), oro [common-gender] (Swedish), korku (Turkish), telaş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-trepidation-en-noun-ft5fayhV Disambiguation of Fear: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of 'fearful state': 46 28 26
  2. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fear Synonyms: quaking, quivering Translations (involuntary trembling): треперене (treperene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), beving [feminine] (Dutch), vapina (Finnish), trépidation [feminine] (French), Zittern [neuter] (German), Erbeben [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-trepidation-en-noun-QhtHKJJ9 Disambiguation of Fear: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of 'involuntary trembling': 3 92 5
  3. (astronomy, obsolete) 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. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy, Fear, Obsolete scientific theories Translations (libration of the starry sphere): trepidaatio (Finnish), trépidation [feminine] (French), Trepidation [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-trepidation-en-noun-qoKklKqN Disambiguation of Fear: 37 28 35 Disambiguation of Obsolete scientific theories: 5 9 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 16 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 20 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 16 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 16 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 13 18 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 20 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 19 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 19 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 17 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 17 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 18 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 14 17 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 6 9 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 25 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 22 14 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 19 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 17 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 18 16 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 17 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 16 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 16 70 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'libration of the starry sphere': 6 4 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: intrepid, trepid, trepidancy, trepidate, trepidatious, trepidatiously, trepidatiousness, trepidatory, trepidity, trepidly

Inflected forms

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          "text": "She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?",
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          "ref": "1990, Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant (lyrics and music), “Being Boring”, performed by Pet Shop Boys:",
          "text": "When I went, I left from the station / With a haversack and some trepidation",
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          "ref": "2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 – 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.",
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          "word": "insicurezza"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "hopohopo"
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          "word": "trwoga"
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          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "trepidação"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "ansiedade"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "receio"
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        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "tremor"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "perturbação"
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        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "tremura"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "agitação"
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        {
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "apreensão"
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        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trepidație"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trepidare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "46 28 26",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bespokójstvo",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "беспоко́йство"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trevóga",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "трево́га"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "sense": "fearful state",
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        {
          "_dis1": "46 28 26",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "preocupación"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "duda"
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        {
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "aprensión"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "ansiedad"
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        {
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "inquietud"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "desazón"
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        {
          "_dis1": "46 28 26",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fearful state",
          "word": "azoramiento"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fearful state",
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          "sense": "fearful state",
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          "sense": "fearful state",
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          "word": "oro"
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          "sense": "fearful state",
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          "roman": "treperene",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "involuntary trembling",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "beving"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "involuntary trembling",
          "word": "vapina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 92 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "involuntary trembling",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trépidation"
        },
        {
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      "roman": "bespokójstvo",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "беспоко́йство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trevóga",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "трево́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "nespokoj",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неспокој"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "preocupación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "duda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "aprensión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "ansiedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "inquietud"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "desazón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "azoramiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "trepidación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bävan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "oro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "korku"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fearful state",
      "word": "telaş"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "treperene",
      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "треперене"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beving"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "word": "vapina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trépidation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zittern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "involuntary trembling",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Erbeben"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "libration of the starry sphere",
      "word": "trepidaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "libration of the starry sphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trépidation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "libration of the starry sphere",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Trepidation"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trepidation"
}

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