Trepidation

Noun

 * 1) A fearful state; a state of hesitation or concern.
 * I decided, with considerable trepidation, to let him drive my car without me.

Synonyms

 * agitation, apprehension, consternation, fear, hesitation, worry

Related terms

 * intrepid
 * trepid
 * trepidate
 * trepidatory
 * trepidancy
 * trepidity
 * trepidly
 * trepidatious

Thesaurus
agitation, alarm, apprehensiveness, attack of nerves, bluster, bobbery, boil, boiling, brouhaha, buck fever, bustle, case of nerves, chills of fear, churn, cold creeps, cold shivers, cold sweat, commotion, consternation, conturbation, creeps, didder, discomposure, dismay, disorder, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, dithers, dread, ebullition, embroilment, excessive irritability, excitement, fear, fear and trembling, ferment, fermentation, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, flap, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, foment, fright, fume, fuss, goose bumps, gooseflesh, heartquake, heaving, horripilation, horror, hubbub, hurly-burly, inquietude, jimjams, jitters, jumpiness, maelstrom, malaise, moil, morbid excitability, nerves, nerviness, nervosity, nervous stomach, nervousness, palpitation, panic, panickiness, panting, perturbation, pitapat, pitter-patter, quaking, quaver, quavering, quiver, quiver of terror, quivering, restlessness, roil, rout, row, seethe, seething, shakes, shaking, shiver, shivers, shudder, spell of nerves, stage fright, state of nerves, stir, sweat, swirl, terror, thrill of fear, throb, throbbing, tic, to-do, tremble, trembling, tremor, trepidity, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitching, twitter, unease, uneasiness, unrest, upset, vellication

Etymology
From trepidatio:, from trepido:

Translations

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 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: inquiétude
 * German:


 * Polish: ,
 * Spanish: ,
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Anagrams

 * departition
 * partitioned