apprehensive, adj.
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
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apprehensive
sample sentences
"apprehensive for one's life""apprehensive of danger"
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derivationally related form
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similar to
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
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apprehensive worried
sample sentences
"apprehensive about her job""not used to a city and worried about small things"
"felt apprehensive about the consequences"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
quick to understand
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apprehensive discerning
sample sentences
"a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
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derivationally related form
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similar to