apprehensiveness
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- fearful expectation or anticipation“the student looked around the examination room with apprehension”Synonyms: apprehensiondread
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Apprehensiveness \Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n. The quality or state of being apprehensive. [1913 Webster]