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APPREHENSIVE

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• APPREHENSIVE (adjective)
The adjective APPREHENSIVE has 3 senses:

1. quick to understand
2. mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
3. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm

Familiarity information: APPREHENSIVE used as an adjective is uncommon.

• APPREHENSIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Quick to understand

Synonyms:

apprehensive; discerning

Context example:

a kind and apprehensive friend

Similar:

perceptive (having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc

Synonyms:

apprehensive; worried

Context examples:

apprehensive about her job / not used to a city and worried about small things / felt apprehensive about the consequences

Similar:

uneasy (lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

In fear or dread of possible evil or harm

Context examples:

apprehensive for one's life / apprehensive of danger

Similar:

afraid (filled with fear or apprehension)

"Truth is stranger than fiction."
(English proverb)
"One swallow doesn't make a spring."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"Silence is the sign of approval."
(Arabic proverb)
"When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away."
(Dutch proverb)

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