Apprehensive
Apprehensive adjective - Having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind.
Suspicious is a synonym for apprehensive in anxious topic. In some cases you can use "Suspicious" instead an adjective "Apprehensive", when it comes to topics like overly suspicious.
Suspicious
Suspicious adjective - Giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged.
Apprehensive is a synonym for suspicious in doubtful topic. You can use "Apprehensive" instead an adjective "Suspicious", if it concerns topics such as distrustful, overly suspicious.
Nearby Words: suspicion, suspiciously
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nervous and apprehensive
- nervous and suspicious
- uneasy and apprehensive
- uneasy and suspicious
- doubtful and apprehensive
- doubtful and suspicious
- hesitant and apprehensive
- hesitant and suspicious
- careful and apprehensive
- careful and suspicious
- shy and apprehensive
- shy and suspicious
- cautious and apprehensive
- cautious and suspicious
Both words in one sentence
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While India is apprehensive of a family member she's never even heard of until now, and suspicious about his motives, her unstable mother Evelyn (Nicole Kidman) welcomes Charlie into their home.
Source: Film / Stoker
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