Word Meanings - TREPIDATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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. Syn. -- Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear. (more info) trepidare
Additional info about word: TREPIDATION
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. Syn. -- Tremor; agitation; disturbance; fear. (more info) trepidare to hurry with alarm, to tremble, from trepidus agitated, 1. An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear; quaking; quivering. 2. Hence, a state of terror or alarm; fear; confusion; fright; as, the men were in great trepidation.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TREPIDATION)
- Emotion
- Passion
- feeling
- excitement
- agitation
- perturbation
- trepidation
- tremor
- Fear
- Apprehension
- solicitude alarm
- fright
- dread
- terror
- dismay
- consternation
- misgiving
- horror
- timidity
- awe
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of TREPIDATION)
Related words: (words related to TREPIDATION)
- ASSURER
1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. - AGITATION
1. The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation. 2. A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance - DREADNOUGHT
1. A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by - APPREHENSION
1. The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension. Sir T. Browne. 2. The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped. 3. The act of grasping with the - FRIGHTFUL
1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn. - ENCOURAGER
One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison. - TERRORLESS
Free from terror. Poe. - MISGIVING
Evil premonition; doubt; distrust. "Suspicious and misgivings." South. - FEELINGLY
In a feeling manner; pathetically; sympathetically. - PASSIONAL
Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions. -- n. - ALARM
1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in - SOLICITUDE
The state of being solicitous; uneasiness of mind occasioned by fear of evil or desire good; anxiety. The many cares and great labors of worldly men, their solicitude and outward shows. Sir W. Raleigh. The mother looked at her with fond solicitude. - FEELER
One of the sense organs or certain animals , which are used in testing objects by touch and in searching for food; an antenna; a palp. Insects . . . perpetually feeling and searching before them with their feelers or antennæ. Derham. 3. Anything, - DREADFUL
1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. "With dreadful heart." Chaucer. 2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. " Dreadful gloom." Milton. For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. 3. - TERRORIZE
To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation. Humiliated by the tyranny of foreign despotism, and terrorized by ecclesiastical authority. J. A. Symonds. - ALARMABLE
Easily alarmed or disturbed. - TIMIDITY
The quality or state of being timid; timorousness; timidness. - FRIGHT
forhta, OHG. forhta, forahta, G. furcht, Dan. frygt, Sw. fruktan, 1. A state of terror excited by the sudden appearance of danger; sudden and violent fear, usually of short duration; a sudden alarm. 2. Anything strange, ugly or shocking, producing - FRIGHTFULNESS
The quality of being frightful. - DREADFULNESS
The quality of being dreadful. - COMPASSIONATELY
In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon. - SUTURALLY
In a sutural manner. - CENTRALLY
In a central manner or situation. - UNASSURED
1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods. - PASTORALLY
1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor. - OUTPASSION
To exceed in passion. - INCOMPASSIONATE
Not compassionate; void of pity or of tenderness; remorseless. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv. -- In`com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n. - PREAPPREHENSION
An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or knowledge. Sir T. Browne. - ORALLY
1. In an oral manner. Tillotson. 2. By, with, or in, the mouth; as, to receive the sacrament orally. Usher. - AFFRIGHTER
One who frightens.