About The Word Trepidation
Learn about the word Trepidation to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Trepidation definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Trepidation
| Trepidation Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Trepidation?
[n] a feeling of alarm or dread
Synonyms | Synonyms for Trepidation: Related Terms | Find terms related to Trepidation: See Also | apprehension | apprehensiveness | dread Trepidation In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Vibrant ‐ vigorous and active; "a vibrant group that challenged the system";…
- Corrade ‐ wear away
- Toughly ‐ in a ruggedly tough manner; "toughly vigorous…
- Invitational ‐ only invitees are welcome; "an invitational…
- Aidoneus ‐ (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology;…
- Dragon ‐ any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding…
- Paroxytone ‐ word having stress or acute accent on the next to…
- Nonexploratory ‐ not…
- Inefficiently ‐ in an inefficient manner; "he dealt inefficiently with…
- Genus parkia ‐ genus of tropical Old World trees:…