apprehensiveness
English Thesaurus
1. fearful expectation or anticipation (noun.feeling)
| hypernym | : | fear, fearfulness, fright, |
| definition | : | an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | trepidation, |
| definition | : | a feeling of alarm or dread (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | suspense, |
| definition | : | apprehension about what is going to happen (noun.feeling) |
| hyponym | : | chill, pall, |
| definition | : | a sudden numbing dread (noun.feeling) |
| derivation | : | dread, fear, |
| definition | : | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | apprehend, quail at, |
| definition | : | anticipate with dread or anxiety (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | apprehensive, |
| definition | : | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, |
| definition | : | causing fear or dread or terror (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | apprehensive, worried, |
| definition | : | mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dread, fear, |
| definition | : | be afraid or scared of; be frightened of (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | apprehend, quail at, |
| definition | : | anticipate with dread or anxiety (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | apprehensive, |
| definition | : | in fear or dread of possible evil or harm (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, dreadful, fearful, fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific, terrible, |
| definition | : | causing fear or dread or terror (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | apprehensive, worried, |
| definition | : | mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc (adj.all) |
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