apprehensive

adjectivemasculine/feminine/ɐpɾiẽˈsivɐ/medium

a·pre·en·si·va

Definition

Feeling or showing apprehension (anxiety, fear, unease).

The mother was apprehensive about her son's health.

She felt apprehensive upon hearing the news.

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Common collocations

to be apprehensiveto feel apprehensiveapprehensive woman

Do latim 'apprehensivus', de 'apprehendere' (apreender).