apprehensive
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Britannica Dictionary definition of APPREHENSIVE
[more apprehensive; most apprehensive]
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afraid that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
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feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future
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He was quite apprehensive [=fearful, uneasy] about the surgery.
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She gave me an apprehensive [=anxious] look.
— apprehensively
adverb-
She looked at me apprehensively.
