English noun: apprehensiveness | |||
1. | apprehensiveness (feeling) fearful expectation or anticipation | ||
Samples | The student looked around the examination room with apprehension. | ||
Synonyms | apprehension, dread | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fear, fearfulness, fright | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | boding, chill, foreboding, gloom, gloominess, pall, premonition, presentiment, somberness, sombreness, suspense, trepidation | ||