apprehensive

/,æpri'hensiv/

Thân thiện

She felt apprehensive about her first day at the new school.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen: Feeling worried or uneasy about a future event or potential danger.
   • Quick to understand or perceive: Having the ability to grasp ideas or situations rapidly and intuitively.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (Anxious/Fearful):
  • She felt apprehensive about the upcoming exam results.
  • He was apprehensive of traveling alone at night.
• Adjective (Quick to Understand):
  • The apprehensive student quickly grasped the complex theory.
  • Her apprehensive mind allowed her to foresee the problem.

Advanced Usage

• "apprehensive of": Feeling fear or anxiety about a specific thing.
  • They were apprehensive of the storm's approach.
• "apprehensive for": Feeling anxious or concerned on behalf of someone or something.
  • The parents were apprehensive for their children's safety.
• "apprehensive that...": Used to introduce a clause describing the feared event.
  • I am apprehensive that we might be too late.

Variants and Related Words

• Apprehensively (adverb): In an anxious or fearful manner.
  • He waited apprehensively for the news.
• Apprehensiveness (noun): The state of being apprehensive.
  • Her apprehensiveness was visible to everyone.
• Apprehension (noun): Anxiety or fear about the future; also, understanding.
  • He felt a sense of apprehension before the interview.

Synonyms

• Anxious: Experiencing worry or unease.
• Fearful: Feeling afraid.
• Trepidatious: Feeling fear or agitation about something that may happen.
• Discerning: Having good judgment or understanding (for the "quick to understand" sense).

Antonyms

• Confident: Feeling sure of oneself; having no fear.
• Fearless: Lacking fear.
• Unconcerned: Not worried or anxious.
• Oblivious: Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To be filled with apprehension: To be very anxious or fearful.
  • Before the speech, he was filled with apprehension.
• A sense of foreboding: A feeling that something bad is going to happen (similar to apprehension).
  • A sense of foreboding hung over the quiet town.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
   • apprehensive for one's life
   • apprehensive of danger
2. 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
3. quick to understand
   • a kind and apprehensive friend- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Từ đồng nghĩa

• worried
• discerning