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trepid

/ˈtɹɛp.ɪd/

trepid adjective: timid, timorous, fearful.

Adjective

trepid (comparative more trepid, superlative most trepid)

  1. Timid, timorous, fearful.
    • the trepid mouse

trepid meaning in Tamil

trepid in Tamil

நடுங்குகின்ற

Antonyms of trepid

Forms of trepid

comparativemore trepid
superlativemost trepid

Origin of trepid

From Latin trepidus (“anxious”).

Words formed from trepid

Questions about trepid

What does trepid mean?
Trepid means timid, timorous, fearful.
What is trepid in Tamil?
Trepid in Tamil is நடுங்குகின்ற. See Trepid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trepid?
Trepid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce trepid?
Trepid is pronounced /ˈtɹɛp.ɪd/.

Words near trepid in the dictionary

  1. trephocyte
  2. trephocytes
  3. trephone
  4. trephones
  5. trepibutone
  6. trepid
  7. trepidacious
  8. trepidancy
  9. trepidant
  10. trepidate
  11. trepidated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trepid (page history and authors); trepid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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