apprehensive - Writers' Dictionary

How to hyphenate apprehensive

apprehensive is hyphenated as ap-pre-hen-sive

How to pronounce apprehensive

apprehensive is pronounced ´ăp r ɪ´hɛns ɪv

Number of syllables in apprehensive

The number of syllables in apprehensive is 4

What part of speech in apprehensive?

apprehensive is an adjective

How common in the word apprehensive?

apprehensive is not ranked in the list of most common words in English

What sentiment does apprehensive convey?


Common collocations after 'apprehensive'

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Common collocations before 'apprehensive'

back, bit, came, did, felt, know, little, look, made, moment, really, suddenly, time, very, walk

Words with similar spelling to apprehensive

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Common Verb Collocations of apprehensive

alarm, be, become, begin, can, cast, continue, diminish, encounter, feel, give, grow, have, help, hurry, look, lose, make, may, might, must, need, provoke, render, see, seem, shall, should, tend, will

Common Conjunction Collocations of apprehensive

and, but, nor, or, yet