appréhension — meaning in English
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English meaning
- qualm noun A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- suspense noun A feeling of nervous excitement or anxiety while waiting to find out what happens.
- trepidation noun A feeling of fear or anxiety about something that is about to happen.
Senses
appréhension is used for these senses in English:
- qualm A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. [from 16th c.]
- suspense The unpleasant emotion of anxiety or apprehension in an uncertain situation.
- suspense (legal) A temporary cessation of one's right; suspension, as when the rent or other profits of land cease by unity of possession of land and rent.
qualm — full definition
- noun A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc.
- noun A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness.
- noun A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt.
- noun Mortality; plague; pestilence.