Apprehensiveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apprehensiveness \Ap`pre*hen"sive*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being apprehensive.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  apprehensiveness
       n : fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked
           around the examination room with apprehension" [syn: {apprehension},
            {dread}]