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trepidation
What does trepidation mean?
trepidation (noun): a feeling of alarm or dread.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use trepidation in a sentence?
- Do I hear a note of trepidation in your voice? (Tatoeba sentence #9032589 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce trepidation?
/ˌtɹɛpɪˈdeɪʃən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does trepidation come from?
Borrowed from Latin trepidātiō, from trepidō (“be agitated”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “trepidation” mean?
a feeling of alarm or dread
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any sudden activity; a stir
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an abrupt excited utterance
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a (normally) complete range
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