apprehensive
/,æpri'hensiv/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
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apprehensive for one's life
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apprehensive of danger
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mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
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apprehensive about her job
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not used to a city and worried about small things
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felt apprehensive about the consequences
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quick to understand
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a kind and apprehensive friend- Nathaniel Hawthorne
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