apprehensive
adjective
uneasy or fearful about something that might happen.
apprehensiveness
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a word derived from
apprehensive.
Example Sentences
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But covid apprehensiveness is not what it once was, and many may feel that a couple of shots is enough.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022
That’s valid, that apprehensiveness is valid, but also realize that it’s necessary to criticize something in order for it to grow and improve.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2020
Justice Souter said the ordinance was permissible because begging can create “serious apprehensiveness, real or apparent coercion, physical offense or even danger.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2014
They undermined themselves with an apprehensiveness that made them strike out in anxiety.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2010
It is certain, however, that the vice greatly exaggerates natural fear, and creates an unnatural apprehensiveness.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
