as in aware
having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind
I'm fully apprehensive of the options, I assure you
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Recent Examples of apprehensive
Forced to leave their home in Shreveport, Louisiana, and her civil rights advocacy behind, Charlotte arrives in Derry apprehensive about the lily-white town and unsettling vibes that seem to blanket everything.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Many Gen Zers are apprehensive about what career to choose.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2025
The Spanish-specific courses Cancer CAREpoint offers helped comfort her monolingual mother, who had been her caretaker and had always been somewhat apprehensive of accepting services from the government.
—Katie Lauer, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Some students are apprehensive about leaving home.
—Sheneka Williams, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apprehensive
aware
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Jerry is 83 years old, and well aware of his play clock.—
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Police said evidence suggested Salat was aware of the victim’s age and attempted to meet with the child in person.—
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“Apprehensive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apprehensive. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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