1. (

• apprehensive ,
• discerning

) quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne ;

2. (

• apprehensive ,
• worried

) 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" ;

3. (

• apprehensive

) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm; "apprehensive for one's life"; "apprehensive of danger" ;