Home › Words › T › trepidatetrepidatetrepidate means to cause to experience trepidation.EtymologyEither back-formed from, or otherwise related to, trepidation.verbTo cause to experience trepidation.e.g.“[…] “A little trepidated, if not consternated, they lifted him from his close confinement and put him to bed.”” — 1878, a Memphis newspaper, quoted in 2015, John H. Ellis, Yellow Fever and Public Health in the New South, University Press of Kentucky, page 51To experience trepidation.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.trepidatory 84% match — That trepidates, or that causes trepidations. vs trepidate →trepidancy 80% match — Trembling caused by fear or nervous agitation. vs trepidate →trepidant 80% match — Trembling with fear or emotion. vs trepidate →trepidness 74% match — The quality of being trepid; timidity. vs trepidate →trepidly 74% match — In a fearful or timid manner. vs trepidate →trepidation 70% match — Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence. vs trepidate →atremble 66% match — Trembling. vs trepidate →tremble 63% match — To shake, quiver, or vibrate. vs trepidate →