apprehensive

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  1. adjective Anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy. See Synonyms at afraid.
  2. adjective Capable of understanding and quick to apprehend.

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  • Meg crossed the room to look at the prisoner, stopped a few paces away and studied it, moving round to have view of its face, her own expression apprehensive: apprehension became alarm as the creature gave a sudden heave and almost came off the table. —  Cherryh, CJ - Hestia (v1.0) (html)
  • It makes me really apprehensive, and I feel really unprepared. —  Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums
  • So, when he approached me about this over a sushi lunch, I was apprehensive -- and my first reaction was —  Kevin Allman
  • The word "join" can sometimes make people apprehensive, added Connie Mikkola, member account representative at the North End Laurium branch. —  The Daily Mining Gazette
  • They watched every movement he made in an apprehensive, animal way, and so did I. They put me on the table next, although it was not my turn. —  High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France
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uneasy ·  anxious ·  wary ·  ashamed ·  resentful ·  perturb ·  hesitant ·  incredulous ·  dissatisfied ·  downcast ·  unsettle ·  exasperate
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  1. = French appréhensif, anxious, from Latin apprehensus, past participle of apprehendere: see apprehend.
 

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