apprehensive

[Ap`pre*hen·sive]

Sensible; feeling; perceptive.

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Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.

Adjective S.
in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one''s life"; "apprehensive of danger"

Adjective S.
mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; worried; "anxious parents"; "anxious about her job"; "not used to a city and anxious about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences"

Adjective S.
quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne


a.
Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.

a.
Knowing; conscious; cognizant.

a.
Relating to the faculty of apprehension.

a.
Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.

a.
Sensible; feeling; perceptive.


Apprehensive

Ap`pre*hen"sive , a. [Cf. F. appr'82hensif. See Apprehend.] 1. Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
It may be pardonable to imagine that a friend, a kind and apprehensive . . . friend, is listening to our talk.
2. Knowing; conscious; cognizant. [R.]
A man that has spent his younger years in vanity and folly, and is, by the grace of God, apprehensive of it.
3. Relating to the faculty of apprehension.
Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act.
4. Anticipative of something unfavorable' fearful of what may be coming; in dread of possible harm; in expectation of evil.
Not at all apprehensive of evils as a distance.
Reformers . . . apprehensive for their lives.
5. Sensible; feeling; perceptive. [R.]
Thoughts, my tormentors, armed with deadly stings, Mangle my apprehensive, tenderest parts.

Capable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.

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Usage Examples

When I started this project, I was a young architect. I was very apprehensive about any changes to the design. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned that you can accept some changes to its form without compromising its intent. But it's a leap of faith that I didn't want to make initially - to put it mildly.

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Other Usage Examples

Sometimes the only way to make palatable that which is appalling and apprehensive is to season it with some humor.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

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