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noun

trepidation

trehp-ih-DAY-shuhn
noun
1
A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that is about to happen.
"She approached the interview with a mix of excitement and trepidation."
"He opened the exam results with trepidation."

How to Use Trepidation

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA nervous, uneasy feeling about something uncertain that is coming up.

Easily confused with
trepidation vs anticipation
Common pairings
with trepidation a sense of trepidation fear and trepidation

Word Forms

trepidations plural

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trepidatio, from trepidare, "to be agitated or alarmed."

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