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Apprehensiveness

noun
1.
Fearful expectation or anticipation.  Synonyms: apprehension, dread.





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"Apprehensiveness" Quotes from Famous Books



... already explained, which leads one to court the sight of a beloved object under every change of dress, and under all effects of novelty. Partly it was the interest I took in that exhibition of sweet timidity, and almost childish apprehensiveness, half disguised or imperfectly acknowledged by herself, which (in the way I have just explained) so touchingly contrasted with (and for that very reason so touchingly drew forth) her matronly character. But I hear some objector say at this point, ought ...
— Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers • Thomas De Quincey


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


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