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Meanings of apprehensive in inglês

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Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc.

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Usage of apprehensive in inglês
1
She said whānau Māori were sometimes apprehensive about reporting violence to police.
Radio NZ
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However, there is a fair amount of apprehensive over the short-term prospects.
The Irish Times
3
I was very apprehensive whether Australia was the right decision for me.
The Irish Times
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Come, I am apprehensive that someone will happen along and discover us.
The confusion
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His aides are apprehensive about Secretary of State Haig's highly visible profile.
The new yorker
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That was such a monstrous crime that Edklinth felt yet more apprehensive.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
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Having no previous experience in the area, I was apprehensive and nervous.
The Irish Times
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However, it is only natural that you might be a little apprehensive.
The Irish Times
9
CARDINAL Daly has good reason to be apprehensive about the IRA ceasefire.
The Irish Times
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The thought that the.38 was still loaded made him yet more apprehensive.
Complete Books of Blood
11
Mr. Blithers assured me that he was not in the least apprehensive.
The Prince of Graustark
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Something in the note they had just read made her feel apprehensive.
The Way of Ambition
13
He was mortally apprehensive, and had a sickly sensation in the stomach.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
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Bobby came into the room; his expression was more bewildered than apprehensive.
War-time Silhouettes
15
He was watching the west in a way that made her apprehensive.
Lonesome dove
16
India has long been apprehensive about China's traditionally close ties with Pakistan.
Reuters
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