Associations to the word «Apprehensive»

Wiktionary

APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect.

Dictionary definition

APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
APPREHENSIVE, adjective. Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences".
APPREHENSIVE, adjective. In fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger".

Wise words

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia