Apprehensive: alternatives and connections

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

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Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

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Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Not easy; difficult.

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Not easy; difficult.

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To take or seize; to take hold of.

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To take or seize; to take hold of.

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The quality or state of being apprehensive.

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The quality or state of being apprehensive.

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of Discern

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of Worry

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Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

Anxious about what may happen.