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Apprehensive

  1. adjective

    mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

    “apprehensive about her job”

    Similar: worried

  2. adjective

    quick to understand; - Nathaniel Hawthorne

    “a kind and apprehensive friend”

    Similar: discerning

  3. adjective

    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

    “apprehensive for one's life”

Word family

apprehensively

Words that mean the same

Cowardly and Fearful

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