Apprehensive

//ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv//

Synonyms for "apprehensive" (100 found)

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Translations

100 translations across 25 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • загрижен adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • съобразителен adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • тревожен adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Catalan

1 entries
  • aprensiu adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 反應敏銳的 /反应敏锐的 adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • 善於領會的 /善于领会的 adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • 恐懼 /恐惧 adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • 憂慮 /忧虑 adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Czech

4 entries
  • chápající adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • obezřetný adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • obávající se adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • vnímavý adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)

Dutch

1 entries
  • bezorgd adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Finnish

4 entries
  • huolestunut adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • levoton adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • tarkkanäköinen adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • terävä-älyinen adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)

French

4 entries
  • appréhensif adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • inquiet adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • perspicace adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • soucieux adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Galician

1 entries
  • aprehensivo adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

German

4 entries
  • bedenklich adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • beklommen adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • besorgt adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • gewieft adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • aggodalmas adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • aggódó adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • jó felfogású adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • nyugtalan adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 不安な adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • 恐れる adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • 明敏な adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • 気遣う adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Korean

4 entries
  • 염려(念慮)하다 adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • 우려(憂慮)하다 adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • 이해(理解)가 빠른 adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • 총명(聰明)한 adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)

Latin

1 entries
  • praementuens adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • за́грижен adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • остро́умен adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • пла́шлив adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • пре́тпазлив adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Māori

4 entries
  • anipā adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • manawakino adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • mānukanuka adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • whakapūhana adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • engstelig adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • urolig adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • beklommen adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Polish

4 entries
  • niespokojny adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • pojętny adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • strwożony adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • zaniepokojony adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • apreensivo adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • apreensivo adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • receoso adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Russian

4 entries
  • боязли́вый adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • встрево́женный adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • насторо́женный adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • опаса́ющийся adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • inteligèntan adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • pronìcav adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • pronìcljiv adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • zàbrinūt adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Spanish

3 entries
  • aprehensivo adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • aprensivo adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • inquieto adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Swedish

2 entries
  • orolig adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • ängslig adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Turkish

4 entries
  • endişeli adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • kıvrak zekâlı adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)
  • tedirgin adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)
  • çabuk kavrayan adj (perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect)

Unami

1 entries
  • xahumàlsi adj (anticipating something with anxiety or fear)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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I am apprehensive of the outcome.

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The climbers were apprehensive of their danger.

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They are apprehensive that some further disaster might occur.

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They were apprehensive that the situation would worsen.

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