apprehensive

ap·pre·hen·sive  (pr-hnsv)

adj.

1. Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. See Synonyms at afraid.

2. Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend.

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appre·hensive·ly adv.

appre·hensive·ness n.

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apprehensive

Adjective

fearful or anxious about the future

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	apprehensive - quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne discerning perceptive - having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation"
	2.	apprehensive - mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" worried uneasy - lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance; "farmers were uneasy until rain finally came"; "uneasy about his health"; "gave an uneasy laugh"; "uneasy lies the head that wears the crown"; "an uneasy coalition government"; "an uneasy calm"; "an uneasy silence fell on the group"
	3.	apprehensive - in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger" afraid - filled with fear or apprehension; "afraid even to turn his head"; "suddenly looked afraid"; "afraid for his life"; "afraid of snakes"; "afraid to ask questions"

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apprehensive

adjective anxious, concerned, worried, afraid, alarmed, nervous, suspicious, doubtful, uneasy, fearful, neurotic, disquieted, foreboding, twitchy (informal) mistrustful, antsy (informal) << OPPOSITE confident

Translations

apprehensive [æprɪˈhɛnsɪv] adj → aprensivo

apprehensive [æprɪˈhɛnsɪv] adj → inquiet/ète, appréhensif/ive

apprehensive [æprɪˈhɛnsɪv] apprehend adj → ängstlich;

to be apprehensive about sth apprehend → sich dat Gedanken or Sorgen um etw machen

apprehensive [æprɪˈhɛnsɪv] adj → apprensivo/a