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apprehensive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | worried |
| Derivation | apprehend, apprehensiveness |
apprehensive about her job.
felt apprehensive about the consequences.
apprehensive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | discerning |
| Derivation | apprehend |
a kind and apprehensive friend.
apprehensive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | apprehend, apprehensiveness |
apprehensive for one's life.
apprehensive of danger.
Examples of apprehensive
apprehensive
I'm feeling apprehensive, I'll be happy once I'm there and I've seen the course.
From the telegraph.co.uk
After reading the synopsis I was a little apprehensive about watching this film.
From the independent.co.uk
At first, she was apprehensive about enrolling at an overtly faith-based school.
From the washingtonpost.com
They're relieved, but still apprehensive, since the fire is only half contained.
From the sacbee.com
Europeans are apprehensive about inflation, unemployment and social instability.
From the time.com
Naturally, she was apprehensive about joining a new team and being the new girl.
From the sltrib.com
But what few people knew was that I was also quite apprehensive about attending.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
Kremer knows she will be flat out until 2 November and is apprehensive about it.
From the guardian.co.uk
The ABC was initially apprehensive about Robinson's choice of McDermott as host.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
- In fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
- (apprehensively) anxiously: with anxiety or apprehension; "we watched anxiously"
- (apprehension) understanding: the cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect"
- (apprehension) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
- (Apprehension (fear)) Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It is a basic survival mechanism occurring in response to a specific stimulus, such as pain or the threat of danger. Some psychologists such as John B. ...
- (Apprehension (understanding)) In psychology, apprehension (Lat. ad, "to"; prehendere, "to seize") is a term applied to a model of consciousness in which nothing is affirmed or denied of the object in question, but the mind is merely aware of ("seizes") it.
- Anticipating something with anxiety or fear; Perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect
