Apprehensive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Apprehensive is an adjective meaning Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
Meaning
Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
More Meanings
- (grammar) A mood indicating an undesired outcome.
- (obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
Example Sentences
More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.
In 16.66 the non-visual apprehensive is used with the third-person.
Never before in his life had Dan Holland feared anything, but now he was apprehensive for the safety of this trim blond creature before him.
But Claggart's was no vulgar form of the passion. Nor, as directed toward Billy Budd, did it partake of that streak of apprehensive jealousy that marred Saul's visage perturbedly brooding on the comely young David. Claggart's envy struck deeper.
Synonyms for apprehensive
Depending on context, synonyms include uneasy, perceptive, discerning, anxious.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anxious, afraid, uneasy, discerning, perceptive, worried.
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