| apprehension definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | fear | 61 sets |
| 2 | anxiety or fear about the future | 29 sets |
| 3 | fearful expectation or anticipation | 17 sets |
| 4 | anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil. | 15 sets |
| 5 | n. worry or unease | 14 sets |
| 6 | anxiety | 14 sets |
| 7 | n. fear | 12 sets |
| 8 | anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil | 12 sets |
| 9 | a feeling of anticipation | 10 sets |
| 10 | worry or unease | 10 sets |
| 11 | worry about what might happen; dread | 10 sets |
| 12 | anticipation of future trouble | 10 sets |
| 13 | anxious foreboding | 10 sets |
| 14 | suspicion or fear of future or unknown evil; the act of perceiving or comprehending; a legal seizure | 9 sets |
| 15 | alarm; uneasiness | 9 sets |
| 16 | fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; dread | 9 sets |
| 17 | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | 9 sets |
| 18 | anticipation of misfortune, fear of future trouble | 8 sets |
| 19 | dread | 8 sets |
| 20 | painful expectation | 8 sets |
| 21 | worry | 7 sets |
| 22 | fear of the future | 6 sets |
| 23 | anticipation of adversity or misfortune | 6 sets |
| 24 | anticipation of misfortune | 5 sets |
| 25 | n. alarm; uneasiness | 5 sets |
| 26 | slight fear, sense of something unfavorable | 5 sets |
| 27 | fear; discernment; capture | 5 sets |
| 28 | fearful feeling; dread | 5 sets |
| 29 | suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil | 5 sets |
| 30 | anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen | 5 sets |
| 31 | fear; discernment | 5 sets |
| 32 | to seize, arrest, take into custody; to understand; become aware of | 4 sets |
| 33 | anxiety, uneasiness, worry | 4 sets |
| 34 | fear, anxiety | 4 sets |
| 35 | anticipation, perception | 4 sets |
| 36 | anxiety, fear, or dread (of something in the future) | 4 sets |
| 37 | suspision, anticipation | 4 sets |
| 38 | fear that something bad will happen | 4 sets |
| 39 | a fearful feeling about the future; dread | 4 sets |
| 40 | alarm | 4 sets |