Converse of object

• feel: The film version is such a classic, did you feel any trepidation?

• have: Did the comedian have any trepidation about taking such a step?

• cause: Job Application Forms are quite often complex and can cause trepidation.

• mix: We just looked at each other - relief and trepidation mixed for Babes in the Wood.

• express: In many ways, the trepidation expressed by many Western policy-makers is understandable.

• increase: Now the way forward is being slowed by increasing trepidation on the part of regulators.

Adjective modifier

• considerable: I took on the role with considerable trepidation for a variety of reasons.

• initial: Any initial trepidation you may have had about your ability to inspire a class will have been banished.

• little: Reading through the various messages I begin to feel a little trepidation at the possibility of getting a job in the UK.

• great: Yet even back then, behind the smiles, was great trepidation.

• much: There was much trepidation in the days leading up to the 30th June - why?

• slight: So it was with slight trepidation I boarded the train in Cardiff on Saturday morning.

Preposition: on

• part: Now the way forward is being slowed by increasing trepidation on the part of regulators.

Preposition: in

• measure: I look forward to beginning this study with excitement and trepidation in equal measure.

Preposition: by

• teacher: There was some trepidation by the teachers that mayhem would ensue but thankfully the children conducted themselves immaculately.