Associations to the word «Apprehension»
Noun
- Supposition
- Perpetrator
- Shudder
- Detention
- Deserter
- Grief
- Assurance
- Sorrow
- Temper
- Confidence
- Partridge
- Judgment
- Felony
- Inclination
- Waverley
- Arising
- Affection
- Recourse
- Inconvenience
- Evaluation
- Misery
- Gentry
- Sense
- Discomfort
- Wherefore
- Spasm
- Conscious
- Consequence
- Embarrassment
- Mixture
- Expectation
- Offence
- Mind
- Robbery
- Fancy
- Aversion
- Disposition
- Contrary
- Readiness
- Affliction
- Ridicule
- Panic
- Render
- Motive
Adjective
- Inward
- Expressed
- Subjective
- Awaited
- Savage
- Chill
- Disagreeable
- Keen
- Intelligible
- Disposed
- Criminal
- Destitute
- Miserable
- Harassed
- Inexplicable
- Ominous
- Dreary
- Pleasing
- Wont
- Desirous
- Haunted
- Willed
- Incomprehensible
- Conveyed
- Sick
- Overwhelmed
- Constant
- Bosom
- Appalling
- Dull
- Yielding
- Manifest
- Favourable
- Sensible
- Cruel
- Terrible
- Confident
- Cherished
Verb
Adverb
Wiktionary
APPREHENSION, noun. (rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure.
APPREHENSION, noun. (legal) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
APPREHENSION, noun. The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
APPREHENSION, noun. Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
APPREHENSION, noun. The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
APPREHENSION, noun. Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; dread or fear at the prospect of some future ill.
Dictionary definition
APPREHENSION, noun. Fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension".
APPREHENSION, noun. The cognitive condition of someone who understands; "he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect".
APPREHENSION, noun. Painful expectation.
APPREHENSION, noun. The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar".
Wise words
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.