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apprehensiveness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | apprehension, dread |
| Type of | fearfulness, fear, fright |
| Has types | gloom, gloominess, pall, premonition, presentiment, somberness, sombreness, suspense, boding, trepidation, chill, foreboding |
| Derivation | apprehensive |
Examples of apprehensiveness
apprehensiveness
Neither the player nor the formation was heard from again, victims of Neuheisel's apprehensiveness.
From the latimes.com
Jews find themselves out of step with most of world opinion, which heightens a widespread sense of apprehensiveness.
From the economist.com
Many of them students who don't necessarily want to spend a weekend with NYPD, and I for one can understand that apprehensiveness.
From the scoop.co.nz
Likewise, many people in society today judge these types of technological developments out of apprehensiveness and misconception.
From the forbes.com
Some of the same apprehensiveness may descend upon anyone who undertakes to write about the eclipse of British power in the first half of the twentieth century.
From the theatlantic.com
Lea wants nothing more than to reconnect with her sister, but the details surrounding Juliette's crime are a mystery, so her eagerness is tempered by apprehensiveness.
From the buffalonews.com
He could minutely observe his own growing offspring, with wonder, tenderness and any parent's natural apprehensiveness as to what might lie ahead for beings so fragile and so unformed.
From the independent.co.uk
Financial services, despite being the second largest adopter of cloud services outside the government, have shown some apprehensiveness with keeping certain sensitive data in the cloud.
From the forbes.com
- Apprehension: fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"
