apprehensive
Dreading what's coming
Apprehensive describes a state of worry or unease about something that might happen: She was apprehensive about the interview.
The word suggests anticipatory anxiety rather than immediate fear—you're apprehensive before the results come in, not while the building is on fire.
He gave an apprehensive glance toward the door.
Fearful anticipation of harm
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
qualms · suspense · unease · presentiment · ominous · impending · looming · expecting
Uneasy and apprehensive
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
- tenseStrained or nervous
concerned · edgy · jittery · restless · fidgety · unsettled · troubled · agitated
Experiencing dread or worry
- scaredFeeling fear or alarm
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- fearfulFull of fright
- alarmedFeeling sudden fear
dread · terrified · panicky · spooked · shaken · intimidated · threatened · petrified
Careful to avoid risk
- guardedWary and restrained
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
- distrustfulLacking faith in others
leery · skeptical · circumspect · hesitant · watchful · tentative · chary · mistrustful
foreboding
Fearful anticipation of harm
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- misgivingsFeelings of doubt
dread · qualms · suspense · unease · presentiment · ominous · impending · looming · expecting · awaiting
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
tense · concerned · edgy · jittery · restless · fidgety · unsettled · troubled · agitated · on edge
afraid
Experiencing dread or worry
- scaredFeeling fear or alarm
- frightenedExperiencing sudden fear
- fearfulFull of fright
alarmed · dread · terrified · panicky · spooked · shaken · intimidated · threatened · petrified · timid
cautious
Careful to avoid risk
- guardedWary and restrained
- vigilantKeenly aware of danger
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
distrustful · leery · skeptical · circumspect · hesitant · watchful · tentative · chary · mistrustful · doubtful
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
- uneasyanxious, nervous, jittery, edgy, tense
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, watch out
- cowardicecoward, cowardly, craven, gutless, spineless
- caution expressionscaution, warning, beware, watch out, be careful
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
apprehension, apprehensiveness, apprehensively, misapprehension, apprehensions, misapprehensions