Main entry: apprehensive
Definition: in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
Usage: apprehensive for one's life; apprehensive of danger
Main entry: apprehensive, worried
Definition: mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
Usage: apprehensive about her job; not used to a city and worried about small things; felt apprehensive about the consequences
Main entry: apprehensive, discerning
Definition: quick to understand
Usage: a kind and apprehensive friend- Nathaniel Hawthorne