apprehensiveness

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ap·pre·hen·sive

(ăp′rĭ-hĕn′sĭv)

adj.

1. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy: was apprehensive before the surgery.

2. Archaic Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend.

ap′pre·hen′sive·ly adv.

ap′pre·hen′sive·ness n.

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Noun

apprehensiveness - fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension"

fear, fearfulness, fright - an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment - a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

suspense - apprehension about what is going to happen

Translations

خَوف، قَلَق

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ængstelsebekymring

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apprehend

(apriˈhend) verb

1. to arrest. The police apprehended the thief.

ˌappreˈhension (-ʃən) noun

1. fear.

ˌappreˈhensive (-siv) adjective

anxious; worried. an apprehensive expression.

ˌappreˈhensively adverbˌappreˈhensiveness noun