apprehensive
adjective/ɐ.pɾi.ẽˈsi.vu/medium
a·pre·en·si·vo
Definition
Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
The parents were apprehensive about their son's health.
I felt apprehensive before the job interview.
Common collocations
to be apprehensiveto feel apprehensivean apprehensive lookapprehensive about
Etymology
Do latim 'apprehensivus', de 'apprehendere' ('apreender, capturar').