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being apprehensive synonyms

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  • assume
  • await
  • bargain for
  • be afraid
  • conjecture
  • count chickens
  • count on
  • cross the bridge
  • divine
  • entertain
  • figure
  • forecast
  • foresee
  • foretaste
  • foretell
  • have a hunch
  • hope for
  • jump the gun
  • look for
  • bag
  • bust
  • capture
  • collar
  • cop
  • grab
  • nab
  • nail
  • place under arrest
  • run in
  • seize
  • take in
  • take into custody
  • take prisoner
  • abstain
  • avert
  • bypass
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • deflect
  • desist
  • ditch
  • divert
  • dodge
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • fake out
  • fend off
  • flee
  • give the slip
  • assume
  • await
  • bargain for
  • conjecture
  • count chickens
  • count on
  • cross the bridge
  • divine
  • entertain
  • figure
  • forecast
  • foresee
  • foretaste
  • foretell
  • have a hunch
  • hope for
  • jump the gun
  • look for
  • look forward to
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be apprehensive
  • be disquieted
  • be frightened
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • break out in a sweat
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dare not
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • feel concern
  • flinch
  • foresee
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be anxious
  • be disquieted
  • be frightened
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • break out in a sweat
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dare not
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • feel concern
  • flinch
  • foresee
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be anxious
  • be apprehensive
  • be disquieted
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • break out in a sweat
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dare not
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • feel concern
  • flinch
  • foresee
  • flinch
  • pale
  • recoil
  • shrink
  • start
  • wince
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be anxious
  • be apprehensive
  • be disquieted
  • be frightened
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dare not
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • feel concern
  • flinch
  • foresee
  • apple-polish
  • blench
  • bootlick
  • brownnose
  • cringe
  • crouch
  • draw back
  • fawn
  • flinch
  • grovel
  • honey
  • kowtow
  • quail
  • recoil
  • shrink
  • skulk
  • sneak
  • toady
  • tremble
  • bend
  • bend down
  • bow
  • cower
  • dip
  • duck
  • grovel
  • huddle
  • hunch
  • hunker down
  • kneel
  • quail
  • quat
  • scrooch down
  • squat
  • stoop
  • wince
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be anxious
  • be apprehensive
  • be disquieted
  • be frightened
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • break out in a sweat
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • feel concern
  • flinch
  • foresee
  • alarming
  • awe-inspiring
  • awful
  • creepy
  • dire
  • frightening
  • frightful
  • shuddersome
  • terrible
  • apprehend
  • assume
  • await
  • bargain for
  • bargain on
  • be afraid
  • calculate
  • conjecture
  • contemplate
  • count on
  • divine
  • envisage
  • feel
  • figure
  • forecast
  • foreknow
  • foresee
  • gather
  • hope
  • be undecided
  • bobble
  • break
  • drop the ball
  • flounder
  • fluctuate
  • fluff
  • halt
  • hem and haw
  • hesitate
  • lurch
  • quaver
  • reel
  • rock
  • roll
  • scruple
  • shake
  • speak haltingly
  • stagger
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be anxious
  • be apprehensive
  • be disquieted
  • be frightened
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • break out in a sweat
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dare not
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • flinch
  • foresee
  • avoid
  • balk
  • blanch
  • blench
  • blink
  • cower
  • cringe
  • crouch
  • draw back
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • flee
  • quail
  • recede
  • recoil
  • retire
  • apprehend
  • call the turn
  • crystal ball it
  • discern
  • divine
  • dope out
  • envisage
  • espy
  • expect
  • forebode
  • forecast
  • forefeel
  • foreknow
  • foretell
  • have a hunch
  • perceive
  • preknow
  • presage
  • previse
  • affront
  • agonize
  • anguish
  • bleed
  • bother
  • brood
  • carp
  • carry a heavy load
  • chafe
  • chagrin
  • distress oneself
  • eat one's heart out
  • fume
  • fuss
  • get into a dither
  • grieve
  • lose sleep over
  • mope
  • pother
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be anxious
  • be apprehensive
  • be disquieted
  • be frightened
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • break out in a sweat
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dare not
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • feel concern
  • flinch
  • be apprehensive of
  • be curious
  • be dubious
  • be in a quandary
  • be puzzled
  • be uncertain
  • be undetermined
  • call in question
  • challenge
  • demur
  • disbelieve
  • discredit
  • dispute
  • distrust
  • fear
  • fluctuate
  • give no credence
  • harbor suspicion
  • hesitate
  • anticipate
  • apprehend
  • avoid
  • be afraid
  • be anxious
  • be apprehensive
  • be disquieted
  • be frightened
  • be in awe
  • blanch
  • break out in a sweat
  • cower
  • crouch
  • dare not
  • dread
  • expect
  • falter
  • feel concern
  • flinch
  • blanch
  • blench
  • cringe
  • droop
  • faint
  • falter
  • flinch
  • have cold feet
  • quake
  • recoil
  • shake
  • shudder
  • start
  • tremble
  • wince
  • falter
  • note
  • oscillate
  • quake
  • quiver
  • shake
  • shiver
  • shudder
  • tremble
  • tremor
  • trill
  • vacillate
  • vibrate
  • waver
  • wobble
  • compress
  • concentrate
  • condense
  • constrict
  • contract
  • decrease
  • deflate
  • diminish
  • drop off
  • dwindle
  • fail
  • fall off
  • fall short
  • grow smaller
  • lessen
  • narrow
  • reduce
  • shorten
  • shrivel
  • convulse
  • dither
  • gyrate
  • jitter
  • quake
  • shimmy
  • shiver
  • tremble
  • tremor
  • twitter
  • wave
  • bilk
  • cold-shoulder
  • cut
  • decline
  • despise
  • disdain
  • ditch
  • dodge
  • double
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • get around
  • give a wide berth
  • give the runaround
  • have no part of
  • have nothing to do with
  • afraid
  • apprehensive
  • averse
  • backward
  • bashful
  • cautious
  • chary
  • circumspect
  • conscious
  • coy
  • demure
  • diffident
  • disinclined
  • distrustful
  • fearful
  • hesitant
  • humble
  • indisposed
  • introvert
  • alpha
  • birth
  • bow
  • commencement
  • countdown
  • dawn
  • dawning
  • day one
  • derivation
  • embarkation
  • exit
  • first step
  • flying start
  • foundation
  • inauguration
  • inception
  • initiation
  • jump-off
  • kickoff
  • doubtable
  • dubious
  • fishy
  • incredible
  • open
  • problematic
  • pseudo
  • questionable
  • ridiculous
  • shaky
  • suspected
  • suspicious
  • thick
  • thin
  • unbelievable
  • uncertain
  • unclear
  • unlikely
  • unsure
  • flutter
  • have the shakes
  • jar
  • jitter
  • oscillate
  • palpitate
  • quake
  • quaver
  • quiver
  • rock
  • shiver
  • shudder
  • teeter
  • throb
  • totter
  • tremor
  • wobble
  • become limp
  • break down
  • cave in
  • collapse
  • diminish
  • droop
  • drop
  • dry up
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • fade
  • faint
  • flag
  • give out
  • languish
  • melt
  • mummify
  • shrivel
  • sink
  • anguish
  • annoyance
  • apprehension
  • bad news
  • care
  • concern
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturbance
  • doubt
  • fear
  • headache
  • heartache
  • irritation
  • misery
  • misgiving
  • nag
  • pain
  • perplexity

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