apprehensive
adjective/ˌæprɪˈhensɪv/
/ˌæprɪˈhensɪv/
- worried or frightened that something unpleasant may happen
- an apprehensive face/glance/look
- The long delay had made me quite apprehensive.
- apprehensive about/of something I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said.
- You have no reason to be apprehensive of the future.
- apprehensive that… She was deeply apprehensive that something might go wrong.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
- of
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense relating to perception or understanding): from French appréhensif or medieval Latin apprehensivus, from Latin apprehendere ‘seize, grasp’, from ad- ‘towards’ + prehendere ‘lay hold of’.
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