trepidatious

adjective

trep·i·da·tious ˌtre-pə-ˈdā-shəs

variants or less commonly trepidacious

: feeling trepidation : apprehensive

Within a couple of minutes of coming "on stage" she had an immediate rapport with the studio audience, discussing with candor what sort of questions they might have, and had the whole session in hand and us trepidatious panelists at ease.—

Malcolm S. Forbes

trepidatiously adverb

Examples of trepidatious in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With the biggest performance of the year hanging in the balance, the trepidatious trio go in search of His Royal Yeah!-ness. —

Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2024 Crater Lake Superintendent Craig Ackerman said he’s been feeling more trepidatious than excited for the eclipse, as the park tries to prepare for a surge of visitors at what is normally the end of its busy season. —

Jamie Hale, oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2023 Wynette, on the other hand, is much less trepidatious than her husband, wearing a red sequined number inspired by a black dress worn on an album cover. —

Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Aug. 2023 The title track on the album is a trepidatious love song. —

Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for trepidatious

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