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apprehensive

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æp???h?ns?v/

Adjective

apprehensive (comparative more apprehensive, superlative most apprehensive)

  1. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
  2. Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
    • 1670, John Milton, History of Britain
      More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.
    Synonym: quick on the uptake

Derived terms

  • apprehensively

Translations

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distressing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??st??s??/

Adjective

distressing (comparative more distressing, superlative most distressing)

  1. Causing distress; upsetting; distressful.

Translations

Verb

distressing

  1. present participle of distress

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