apprehensiveness apprehensively • apprend · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · apprehensiveness · · Text Latin · · Script 16 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation. Synonyms: apprehension, dread. Example: "The student looked around the examination room with apprehension." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · apprehension · · Synonym 1 dread · · Synonym 2 Characters · · a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 v latin small letter v U+0076