Associations to the word «Apprehension»
Noun
- Uneasiness
- Dread
- Shiver
- Anxiety
- Misgiving
- Agony
- Tremble
- Reward
- Distrust
- Intuition
- Consternation
- Fright
- Fear
- Danger
- Trembling
- Calamity
- Warrant
- Alarm
- Vigilance
- Thrill
- Anticipation
- Offender
- Countenance
- Tranquillity
- Appetite
- Pang
- Dismay
- Terror
- Intellect
- Curiosity
- Criminal
- Perplexity
- Fugitive
- Safety
- Impatience
- Jealousy
- Comprehension
- Excitement
- Awe
- Supposing
- Sweating
- Imagination
- Tremor
- Ecstasy
- Feeling
Adjective
Wiktionary
APPREHENSION, noun. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
APPREHENSION, noun. (legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
APPREHENSION, noun. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
APPREHENSION, noun. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
APPREHENSION, noun. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
APPREHENSION, noun. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
Dictionary definition
APPREHENSION, noun. Fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension".
APPREHENSION, noun. The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect".
APPREHENSION, noun. Painful expectation.
APPREHENSION, noun. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar".
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.