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Apprehensive synonyms

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Having or showing anxiety; uneasy in mind; apprehensive; worried

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Extreme, as in degree or extent. Used especially of something negative:

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Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.

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uneasy (related)

Awkward; constrained

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The definition of apt is something a person might have a tendency to do.

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Able to feel and think; in the normal waking state

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Afraid.

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The definition of suspicious is someone or something questionable or likely to be suspect.

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Filled with regret or concern. Used especially to soften an unpleasant statement:

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calm (antonym)

Nearly or completely motionless; undisturbed:

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Hard to move or operate; not free or limber

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quiet (antonym)

Having little motion or activity; calm.

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The definition of discerning is showing good judgment or good taste.

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Taking an interest in unhealthy or unwholesome subjects such as death, decay, disease.

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at-ease (antonym)

anxious, fearful

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Apprehensive, anxious, hesitant, worried.

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Not surely or certainly known; questionable; problematic

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Feeling great horror or dismay; terrified; horrified

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(Now Rare) Frightened; timid

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(UK, slang, dated) Relating to, or characterized by, great fear, or funking.

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In a state of panic.

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(Now Chiefly Dial.) Frightened; afraid

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embarrassed (related)

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Easily startled

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unsuspicious (antonym)

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unworried (antonym)

Free of worries.

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unafraid (antonym)

Feeling, exhibiting, or expressing no fear.

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undoubting (antonym)

(Of persons, states of mind, beliefs, etc.) Experiencing or harboring no doubts; entirely confident.

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fear (related)

(Dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.

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unfearful (antonym)

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excited (related)

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hesitant (related)

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unenthusiastic (related)

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reticent (related)

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sceptical (related)

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troubled (related)

Emotionally or mentally disturbed

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Find another word for apprehensive. In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for apprehensive, like: anxious, fearful, worried, uneasy, apt, conscious, ascared, suspicious, afraid, calm and stiff.