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trepidatious

adj

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. In a state of trepidation

    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.
    • He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.
    • Factor in Grammer’s outspoken Trumpism, which complicates the legacy of his defining role, and fans may be forgiven for feeling trepidatious.

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