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Apprehensive

Apprehensive Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Apprehensive? [adj] in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger" [adj] 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" [adj] quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne Synonyms \| Synonyms for Apprehensive: afraid(p) \| anxious \| discerning \| perceptive \| uneasy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Apprehensive: afraid \| agitated \| alive \| all nerves \| all-knowing \| all-overish \| anxious \| anxioused up \| apperceptive \| appercipient \| apprehending \| awake \| aware \| bothered \| cognizant \| comprehending \| concerned \| conscious \| disquieted \| disturbed \| edgy \| excitable \| fearful \| foreboding \| frightened \| high-strung \| in a pucker \| in a stew \| in suspense \| insightful \| intelligent \| irritable \| keyed-up \| knowing \| knowledgeable \| mindful \| misgiving \| nerves on edge \| nervous \| nervy \| omniscient \| on edge \| on tenterhooks \| on tiptoe \| overanxious \| overapprehensive \| overstrung \| panicky \| perceptive \| percipient \| perspicacious \| perturbed \| prehensile \| qualmish \| qualmy \| quivering \| sagacious \| sensible \| sentient \| shrewd \| solicitous \| strained \| suspenseful \| taut \| tense \| troubled \| understanding \| uneasy \| ware \| wise \| with bated breath \| with muscles tense \| witting \| zealous See Also \| Apprehensive In Webster's Dictionary \Ap`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. appr['e]hensif. See {Apprehend}.] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning. It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk. --Hawthorne. 2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.] A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it. --Jer. Taylor. 3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension. Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. --Sir W. Hamilton. 4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil. Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance. --Tillotson. Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives. --Gladstone. 5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.] Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. --Milton.

Apprehensive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Apprehensive?

[adj] in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"
[adj] 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"
[adj] quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Apprehensive In Webster's Dictionary

\Ap`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. appr['e]hensif. See
{Apprehend}.]
1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt;
   discerning.

         It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a
         kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to
         our talk.                             --Hawthorne.

2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]

         A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and
         folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of
         it.                                   --Jer. Taylor.

3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.

         Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act.
                                               --Sir W.
                                               Hamilton.

4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may
   be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of
   evil.

         Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.
                                               --Tillotson.

         Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives.
                                               --Gladstone.

5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]

         Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
         Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. --Milton.

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