trepidation

  • 91apprehension — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fear, anxiety; arrest, seizure; understanding. See knowledge, restraint, expectation. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Foreboding] Syn. trepidation, dread, misgiving; see anxiety , fear 2 . 2. [Understanding]… …

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  • 92fright — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dread, terror, panic, alarm, consternation. See fear. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Alarm] Syn. panic, terror, fear, horror; see fear 1 . 2. [*A person or thing of unattractive or startling appearance] Syn.… …

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  • 93horror — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. terror; loathing, disgust, revulsion; detestation, abhorrence; dread, aversion. See hate, fear. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Dread] Syn. awe, terror, fright; see fear 2 . 2. [Abhorrence] Syn. aversion,… …

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  • 94worry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. care, anxiety, mental anguish, uneasiness, fear, apprehension; concern, misgiving. v. tease, plague, vex; disturb, fret, upset; torment, torture, trouble, bait, badger; maul, chew, mangle; get gray… …

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  • 95Feeling — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Feeling >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 feeling feeling Sgm: N 1 suffering suffering &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 endurance endurance tolerance sufferance supportance experience response Sgm: N …

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  • 96Excitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of sensitiveness. < N PARAG:Excitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 excitability excitability impetuosity vehemence Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 turbulence turbulence Sgm: N 1… …

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  • 97intrepid — [17] The trepid of intrepid represents Latin trepidus ‘alarmed’ (source also of English trepidation [17]), which goes back to an Indo European source in which the notion of ‘fear’ 291 irk seems to be linked with or derived from that of ‘scurrying …

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  • 98intrepid — 1620s (implied in intrepidness), from Fr. intrépide (16c.) and directly from L. intrepidus unshaken, undaunted, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + trepidus alarmed (see TREPIDATION (Cf. trepidation)). Related: Intrepidly …

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  • 99trepid — 1640s, from L. trepidus “scared” (see TREPIDATION (Cf. trepidation)) …

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  • 100intrepid — [17] The trepid of intrepid represents Latin trepidus ‘alarmed’ (source also of English trepidation [17]), which goes back to an Indo European source in which the notion of ‘fear’ seems to be linked with or derived from that of ‘scurrying away’.… …

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