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All trepidation synonyms

trep·i·da·tion
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noun trepidation

  • horror — an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear: to shrink back from a mutilated corpse in horror.
  • worriment — the act or an instance of worrying; anxiety.
  • melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
  • creeps — an act or instance of creeping: It seems as if time has slowed to a creep.
  • cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
  • fearfulness — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
  • apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
  • fright — sudden and extreme fear; a sudden terror.
  • excitement — A feeling of great enthusiasm and eagerness.
  • consternation — Consternation is a feeling of anxiety or fear.
  • demoralisation — Alternative spelling of demoralization.
  • wildness — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
  • apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
  • concern — Concern is worry about a situation.
  • awe — Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with something wonderful and often rather frightening.
  • alarm — Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  • fear — a river in SE North Carolina. 202 miles (325 km) long.
  • disheartenment — The act of disheartening.
  • blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
  • dread — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
  • disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
  • qualm — an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction: He has no qualms about lying.
  • demoralization — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
  • dismay — to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt: The surprise attack dismayed the enemy.
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