Apprehensive
Apprehensive adjective - Having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind.
Gentle and apprehensive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gentle" instead an adjective "Apprehensive".
Gentle
Gentle adjective - Not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect.
Apprehensive and gentle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apprehensive" instead an adjective "Gentle".
Both words in one sentence
- In Corpse Bride, Victor is apprehensive about being put into an arranged marriage... until he actually meets his bride-to-be, Victoria, and finds her gentle intelligence very appealing.
Source: Perfectly Arranged Marriage
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