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trepidatious

trepidatious adjective: in a state of trepidation; fearful.

Adjective

trepidatious (comparative more trepidatious, superlative most trepidatious)

  1. In a state of trepidation; fearful.
    • Hilda looked up from the papers she had been busy with as he entered -- in fact, made a guilty and trepdatious attempt at sweeping them out of sight, which suggested a weakness entirely foreign to her.1904, Bertram Mitford, The Sirdar's Oath, F. V. White
    • He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.2020, Sophie Kinsella, Love Your Life, Dial Press, →ISBN

Forms of trepidatious

comparativemore trepidatious
superlativemost trepidatious

Origin of trepidatious

From, or as if, trepidate + -ious; see trepidation for more.

Words formed from trepidatious

Questions about trepidatious

What does trepidatious mean?
Trepidatious means in a state of trepidation; fearful.
What part of speech is trepidatious?
Trepidatious is an adjective.

Words near trepidatious in the dictionary

  1. trepidated
  2. trepidates
  3. trepidating
  4. trepidation
  5. trepidations
  6. trepidatious
  7. trepidatiously
  8. trepidative
  9. trepidatory
  10. trepidities
  11. trepidity

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