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- Dictionaryapprehensive/ˌaprɪˈhɛnsɪv/
adjective
- 1. anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen: "he felt apprehensive about going home"
- 2. relating to perception or understanding. rare
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The meaning of APPREHENSIVE is viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future. How to use apprehensive in a sentence. How has the meaning of apprehensive changed over time?
APPREHENSIVE definition: 1. feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future. Fearful or anxious.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
If you're apprehensive, you're anxious or fearful. If you live near a busy intersection with no stop signs, you might be a bit apprehensive about crossing the street.
APPREHENSIVE meaning: 1. feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen: 2. feeling…. Learn more.
worried or frightened that something unpleasant may happen. The long delay had made me quite apprehensive. apprehensive about/of something I was a little apprehensive about the effects of what I had said. You have no reason to be apprehensive of the future. apprehensive that… She was deeply apprehensive that something might go wrong.
Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen. People are still terribly apprehensive about the future. Fearful or anxious.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
