apprehensive

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apprehensive Definition

• (s) quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
• (s) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"
• (s) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one''s life"; "apprehensive of danger"

apprehensive Synonyms

• anxious
• apprehensive
• discerning