different between haunted vs apprehensive

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hônt, IPA^(key): /?h??nt?d/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?nt?d/
• Hyphenation: haunt?ed

Adjective

haunted (comparative more haunted, superlative most haunted or hauntedest)

1. Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.

   The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.

2. Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).

   a soldier haunted by the memories of combat

3. Showing a feeling of being disturbed.

   a haunted expression

Translations

Verb

haunted

1. simple past tense and past participle of haunt

   According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.

Anagrams

• de-haunt, dehaunt, nut head, nut-head, nuthead, undeath, unhated

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