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apprehensiveness

noun as in apprehension

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And now, not without a bit of apprehensiveness, he let it out.

He surveyed his brown fists with a certain apprehensiveness, as though they were dangerous parties over whom he had no control.

Her voice was politely remonstrative, with a note of apprehensiveness for the welfare of her mistress.

Anger and apprehensiveness were working twin leverage on the Comas executive.

This morbid disposition is the parent of a continual apprehensiveness which is shown upon all sorts of occasions.

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On this page you'll find 253 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to apprehensiveness, such as: anguish, apprehension, concern, disquiet, disquietude, and distress.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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