Trepidation is an English word with synonyms like apprehension or apprehensiveness. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Trepidation meaning
- Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
- An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
- 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.
Synonyms of Trepidation
Using Trepidation
- The main meaning on this page is: Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence. | An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear. | 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.
- Useful related words include: apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread.
- In the example corpus, trepidation often appears in combinations such as: some trepidation, with trepidation, of trepidation.
Context around Trepidation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Trepidation
- In this selection, "trepidation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, considerable, serious, expressing, wasn, regarding and gave stand out and add context to how "trepidation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include approach with trepidation i m and cause some trepidation at first. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "trepidation" sits close to words such as abolitionist, accomplishing and airframe, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with trepidation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She continued: "I can't say it was without trepidation. (10 words)
To be sure, there has long been trepidation around news content. (11 words)
Each looked around with some trepidation before approaching center and kicking things off. (13 words)
Captioning pictures from the star-studded bash to celebrate his milestone birthday, Wootton wrote on : "Turning 40 is one of those moments many approach with trepidation: I’m officially old and there’s no turning back the clock any more! (40 words)
As 2022 segued into 2023, the Urdu Press, too, while reflecting, in reports and analysis, on the year gone by, sought to peer deep into the heart of a new year in a spirit of hope tempered with trepidation. (39 words)
To his wife Bianca and his son Michele goes the heartfelt sympathy of all who know them for the cruel way in which the pleasure and relaxation of their last holiday was shattered by days of shock and trepidation. (39 words)
Captioning pictures from the star-studded bash to celebrate his milestone birthday, Wootton wrote on : "Turning 40 is one of those moments many approach with trepidation: I’m officially old and there’s no turning back the clock any more! (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A commission-based career may cause some trepidation at first but the training provided and the support from colleagues will quickly ease any concerns.
As 2022 segued into 2023, the Urdu Press, too, while reflecting, in reports and analysis, on the year gone by, sought to peer deep into the heart of a new year in a spirit of hope tempered with trepidation.
Audiences aren't the only ones cautiously optimistic about the endeavor, as even Gerwig expressed her trepidation about the idea.
Captioning pictures from the star-studded bash to celebrate his milestone birthday, Wootton wrote on : "Turning 40 is one of those moments many approach with trepidation: I’m officially old and there’s no turning back the clock any more!
Each looked around with some trepidation before approaching center and kicking things off.
If there is excitement at seeing how a new-look midfield fares in the coming weeks, there will be also be an understandable sense of trepidation.
It is with trepidation that the results of poll of the General Elections March 2nd, 2020 in Guyana is awaited.
Mokotoff says when she pressed users, she found their trepidation wasn’t because of the pen.
She continued: "I can't say it was without trepidation.
There is considerable trepidation regarding how both the PPP and PNC (or any government) can misuse such an agency to get at Guyanese.
There was no trepidation when I signed up to be on Bake Off.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity noted that there was serious trepidation in the land before the polls but Nigeria overcame it because of Buhari’s commitment to a free and fair election.
To be sure, there has long been trepidation around news content.
To his wife Bianca and his son Michele goes the heartfelt sympathy of all who know them for the cruel way in which the pleasure and relaxation of their last holiday was shattered by days of shock and trepidation.
Trepidation gave way to anger, which in turn gave way to frustration and finally resignation as the clock ticked down on our Scottish Cup bid.
While I have some trepidation, I feel more confident because of my experience here — one that’s moved me professionally and personally.
With the war in Ukraine disrupting world energy supplies, government policy-makers and energy experts across the globe analyzed the approaching winter season with trepidation.
A few council members sent Hotline emails earlier this week asking questions or expressing trepidation about raising wages in a way that helps low-wage workers while also minimizing harm to businesses.
And there’s some fear and trepidation on part of the administration,” Calvert said in an interview.
As we await the new Labour Government’s Budget on October 30, there seems like a lot more gloom and trepidation than hope when it comes to the economic outlook.
Common combinations with trepidation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- some trepidation 18×
- with trepidation 16×
- of trepidation 14×
- trepidation about 11×
- trepidation that 7×
- and trepidation 6×
- trepidation and 5×
- the trepidation 5×
- trepidation to 4×
- trepidation before 3×