trepidation

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for trepidation

trepidation 🔊 /tɹɛˌpɪdejˈʃʌn/

trepidation : වෙවුලුම

trepidation : චකිතය

trepidation : භය

trepidation definition

Noun.

  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.
  3. 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.