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Apprehensiveness   Listen
noun
Apprehensiveness  n.  The quality or state of being apprehensive.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Apprehensiveness" Quotes from Famous Books



... and thenceforth he, too, lived in fear of his life. They watched each other closely after that, and faced about in startled fright whenever either passed behind the other's back. The apprehensiveness became a mania which controlled them even in their sleep. Through mutual fear they tacitly let the slush-lamp burn all night, and saw to a plentiful supply of bacon-grease before retiring. The slightest movement on the part of one was sufficient to arouse the other, and many a still watch ...
— The Son of the Wolf • Jack London



Words linked to "Apprehensiveness" :   foreboding, boding, apprehensive, sombreness, trepidation, fearfulness, pall, chill, fright, apprehension, fear, premonition, presentiment, dread, gloominess, gloom, somberness, suspense



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