Associations to the word «Apprehensive»

Wiktionary

APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect.

Dictionary definition

APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences".
APPREHENSIVE, adjective. In fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy