[syn: apprehensive, worried]
3. in fear or dread of possible evil or harm;
- Example: "apprehensive for one's life"
- Example: "apprehensive of danger"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Apprehensive \Ap`pre*hen"sive\, a. [Cf. F. appr['e]hensif. See
Apprehend.]
1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt;
discerning.
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It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a
kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to
our talk. --Hawthorne.
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2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]
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A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and
folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of
it. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
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Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may
be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of
evil.
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Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.
--Tillotson.
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Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives.
--Gladstone.
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5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]
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Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings,
Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
apprehensive
adj 1: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
2: mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc;
"apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried
about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the
consequences" [syn: apprehensive, worried]
3: in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for
one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"