Definitions for trepidation

trepidation trep·i·da·tion

Spelling: [trep-i-dey-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌtrɛp ɪˈdeɪ ʃən/

Trepidation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 1034 anagrams from letters in trepidation (adeiinoprtt).

Definitions for trepidation

noun

  1. tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
  2. trembling or quivering movement; tremor.

Origin of trepidation

1595-1605; Latin trepidātiōn- (stem of trepidātiō), equivalent to trepidāt(us) (past participle of trepidāre to hurry, alarm; see trepid, Examples for trepidation

Less than a month before Election Day, Pressler seems to be feeling some trepidation about his movement in the polls.

The expectation of our first meeting filled me with trepidation.

It was with some trepidation that Pierre set out for the creek.

“I feel a shaking of the ground I stand on,” Carson tells Mrs. Hughes with trepidation.

Asked whether he had any trepidation about joining a show about a bunch of Hollywood brats, Johnson said yes.

“I brought it with no small degree of trepidation,” Kucinich recalled in a lengthy phone conversation with the Daily Beast.

Hope and trepidation persists that the twins presence indicates the coming of an Avengers/X-Men crossover film.

He waited in some trepidation, until he heard Primmie clump downstairs.

But three in number, the Indians had entered the district with some trepidation.

When she had thanked him, he asked with trepidation whether she had heard from Jack.

Word Value for trepidation
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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