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All apprehensive synonyms

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adj apprehensive

  • jumpy — subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
  • afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
  • uncertain — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
  • concerned — If you are concerned to do something, you want to do it because you think it is important.
  • suspicious — tending to cause or excite suspicion; questionable: suspicious behavior.
  • doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
  • uneasy — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
  • uptight — tense, nervous, or jittery.
  • jittery — extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
  • alarmed — If someone is alarmed, they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  • foreboding — a prediction; portent.
  • frozen — past participle of freeze.
  • hung up — Slang: Vulgar. (of a male) having very large genitals.
  • lily-livered — weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous.
  • shaky — tending to shake or tremble.
  • stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
  • troubled — to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
  • weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
  • worried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
  • mistrustful — full of mistrust; suspicious.
  • butterflies — tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
  • disquieted — lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
  • in a sweat — perspiring
  • jellyfish — any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
  • scaredy-cat — fraidy-cat.
  • worried sick — extremely anxious about sb or sth

adjective apprehensive

  • nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
  • fearful — causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
  • hesitant — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
  • frightened — thrown into a fright; afraid; scared; terrified: a frightened child cowering in the corner.
  • anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
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