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apprehensive
Meaning: worried that something unpleasant may happen
apprehensive in a sentence
How apprehensive is used in real sentences:
Sam was apprehensive before trying the tall diving board.
Lily felt apprehensive while waiting to hear whether she had made the team.
“Lighting designer Marcus Bell was apprehensive that dim bulbs would make the exhibition feel gloomy and unwelcoming.”
— from the passage The Light Between Paintings
Synonyms for apprehensive
Other words for apprehensive — anxious, uneasy and fearful — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of apprehensive
Words that mean the opposite of apprehensive:
- confident
- unworried
Where it comes from
From Latin apprehendere 'to grasp or seize'
Memory hook
You APPREHEND trouble in your mind before it arrives.
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