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Another word for apprehension

apprehension Synonyms

apprehension

n.

Foreboding
trepidation, dread, misgiving; see anxiety, fear 2.
Understanding
comprehension, grasp, perception, perspicacity; see judgment 1.
Arrest
capture, seizure, detention; see arrest 1.
Estimate
opinion, conclusion, belief; see judgment 3.

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Another word for apprehension

noun

Great agitation and anxiety caused by the expectation or the realization of danger:
affright, alarm, dread, fear, fearfulness, fright, funk, horror, panic, terror, trepidation. (Slang) cold feet. Idiom: fear and trembling. See fear
A seizing and holding by law:
arrest, seizure. (Slang) bust, collar, pickup, pinch. See law
Intellectual hold:
comprehension, grasp, grip, hold, understanding. (Informal) savvy. See knowledge

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Her apprehension was assuming a reduced priority.
The silver eyes were fiery, and apprehension fluttered through her.
He felt a wave of apprehension and accelerated heart beat as the door opened.
Reflection shows that our apprehension of the tree is conditioned by the sense-organs with which we have been endowed, and that the apprehension of a blind man, and still more the apprehension of a dog or horse, is quite different from ours.
Sensation, as Aristotle said, is not of itself: it is the apprehension of a sensible object in the organism.

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