APPREHENSION


Meaning of APPREHENSION in English

noun

1.

Synonyms: idea , conceit, concept, conception, image, impression, intellection, notion, perception, thought

2.

Synonyms: arrest , arrestation, arrestment, ||bust, detention, ||nab, pickup, pinch

3.

fear that something is going or will go wrong

had the strongest apprehension about her sister's health

Synonyms: apprehensiveness, foreboding, misgiving, premonition, prenotion, presage, presentiment

Related Word: agitation, angst, anxiety, care, concern, disquiet, disquietude, solicitude, unease, uneasiness, worry; alarm, dread, fear, panic

Idioms: the anxious seat

Contrasted words: assurance, composure, equanimity, sangfroid, self-possession; faith, reliance, trust

Antonyms: confidence

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