'apprehensive' definitions:

Definition of 'apprehensive'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
adjective
Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc; "apprehensive about her job"; "not used to a city and worried about small things"; "felt apprehensive about the consequences" [syn: apprehensive, worried]
adjective
In fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger"