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- Dictionaryap·pre·hen·sive/ˌaprəˈhensiv/
adjective
- 1. anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen: "he felt apprehensive about going home"
- 2. relating to perception or understanding. rare
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The meaning of APPREHENSIVE is viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future. How to use apprehensive in a sentence. How has the meaning of apprehensive changed over time?
APPREHENSIVE definition: 1. feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
If you're apprehensive, you're anxious or fearful. If you live near a busy intersection with no stop signs, you might be a bit apprehensive about crossing the street.
APPREHENSIVE meaning: 1. feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
Apprehensive definition: uneasy or fearful about something that might happen. See examples of APPREHENSIVE used in a sentence.
Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future. American English : apprehensive / æprɪˈhɛnsɪv /
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.