apprehensive

Meaning

Adj

1. Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
2. (obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.

Noun

A mood indicating an undesired outcome.

Synonyms

anxious

worried

😟

fearful

😨

afraid

nervous

timid

concerned

discerning

cowardly

agitated

alarmed

shaking

🫨

tense

troubled

worrisome

eerie

faint-hearted

feared

dismayed

fearing

guilty conscience

hesitant

intellective

intelligent

jittery

judicious

jumpy

keen

knowledgeable

lily-livered

luminous

mistrustful

discriminating

perceptual

percipient

perturbed

preoccupied

sagacious

scrupulous

sensible

white-livered

streaky

suspicious

argute

comprehensive

feeling fear

uncertain

uneasy

vacillating

wary

Translations

aprensivo

apreensivo

inquieto

bezorgd

ansioso

appréhensif

anxieux

apprensivo

aprehensivo

inquiet

😟

consapevole

aprensiu

ανήσυχος

bedenklich

conscio

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/

Etymology

From Latin apprehensīvus, from apprehensus, perfect passive participle of apprehendō (“to apprehend, understand, learn”) + -īvus (“-ive”).