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"3": "",
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],
"etymology_text": "From Latin apprehensīvus, from apprehensus, perfect passive participle of apprehendō (“to apprehend, understand, learn”) + -īvus (“-ive”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more apprehensive",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most apprehensive",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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"pos": "adj",
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "60 40",
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{
"ref": "1947 August, “Death Thumbs A Ride”, in Crime Does Not Pay, number 54, page 45",
"text": "Never before in his life had Dan Holland feared anything, but now he was apprehensive for the safety of this trim blond creature before him.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant."
],
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"links": [
[
"Anticipating",
"anticipate#Verb"
],
[
"anxiety",
"anxiety"
],
[
"fear",
"fear#Noun"
],
[
"doubt",
"doubt"
]
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"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "trevožen",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "тревожен"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "zagrižen",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "загрижен"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aprensiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "憂慮"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōulǜ",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "忧虑"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "恐懼"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒngjù",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "恐惧"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "znepokojený"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "obávající se"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úzkostný"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obezřetný"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "bezorgd"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "levoton"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "huolestunut"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "soucieux"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "appréhensif"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "inquiet"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aprehensivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "besorgt"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "ängstlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "bedenklich"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "beklommen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aggódó"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "nyugtalan"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aggodalmas"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"alt": "ふあんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fuan na",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "不安な"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"alt": "きづかう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kizukau",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "気遣う"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"alt": "おそれる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "osoreru",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "恐れる"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uryeohada",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "우려(憂慮)하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeomnyeohada",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "염려(念慮)하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "praementuens"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zágrižen",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "за́грижен"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trévožen",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "тре́вожен"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "plášliv",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "пла́шлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prétpazliv",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "пре́тпазлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "manawakino"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "mānukanuka"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "whakapūhana"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "whakaririka"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "anipā"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "engstelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "urolig"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "beklommen"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "strwożony"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zaniepokojony"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zatroskany"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niespokojny"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "apreensivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "receoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opasájuščijsja",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "опаса́ющийся"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastoróžennyj",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "насторо́женный"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bojazlívyj",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "боязли́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vstrevóžennyj",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "встрево́женный"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "за̀бринӯт"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zàbrinūt"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aprensivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "inquieto"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "orolig"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "ängslig"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "endişeli"
},
{
"_dis1": "89 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "tedirgin"
}
]
},
{
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"_dis": "33 67",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1670, John Milton, History of Britain",
"text": "More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect."
],
"id": "en-apprehensive-en-adj-fi~LAaxV",
"links": [
[
"Perceptive",
"perceptive"
],
[
"quick",
"quick#Adjective"
],
[
"learn",
"learn"
],
[
"capable",
"capable"
],
[
"understand",
"understand"
],
[
"intellect",
"intellect"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎobrazitelen",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "съобразителен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "善於領會的"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shànyú lǐnghuì de",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "善于领会的"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "反應敏銳的"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnyìng mǐnruì de",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "反应敏锐的"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "chápající"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vnímavý"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "terävä-älyinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "tarkkanäköinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "älykäs"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "vif"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "perspicace"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "gewieft"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "lernfähig"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "scharfsinnig"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "értelmes"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "jó felfogású"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "éles eszű"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"alt": "りかいがはやい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rikai ga hayai",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "理解が早い"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"alt": "めいびんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meibin na",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "明敏な"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ihae-ga ppareun",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "이해(理解)가 빠른"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chongmyeonghan",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "총명(聰明)한"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prónikliv",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "про́никлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ostróumen",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "остро́умен"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pojętny"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "apreensivo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soobrazítelʹnyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "сообрази́тельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponjátlivyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "поня́тливый"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smyšljónyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "смышлёный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pronicátelʹnyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "проница́тельный"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "пронѝцав"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "о̏штроӯман"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "интелигѐнтан"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "пронѝцљив"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "тревожен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "загрижен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aprensiu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "憂慮"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yōulǜ",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "忧虑"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "恐懼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kǒngjù",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "恐惧"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "znepokojený"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "obávající se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "úzkostný"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obezřetný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "bezorgd"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "levoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "huolestunut"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "soucieux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "appréhensif"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "inquiet"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aprehensivo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "besorgt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "ängstlich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "bedenklich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "beklommen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aggódó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "nyugtalan"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aggodalmas"
},
{
"alt": "ふあんな",
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"roman": "fuan na",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "不安な"
},
{
"alt": "きづかう",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "kizukau",
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"word": "気遣う"
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{
"alt": "おそれる",
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"word": "恐れる"
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"word": "우려(憂慮)하다"
},
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "염려(念慮)하다"
},
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"code": "la",
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"word": "praementuens"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "zágrižen",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "за́грижен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "trévožen",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "тре́вожен"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "plášliv",
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"word": "пла́шлив"
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"roman": "prétpazliv",
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"word": "пре́тпазлив"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "manawakino"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "mānukanuka"
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "whakaririka"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "anipā"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "engstelig"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "urolig"
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "beklommen"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "strwożony"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
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"word": "zaniepokojony"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "zatroskany"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "niespokojny"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "apreensivo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "receoso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "opasájuščijsja",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "опаса́ющийся"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nastoróžennyj",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "насторо́женный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bojazlívyj",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "боязли́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vstrevóžennyj",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "встрево́женный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "за̀бринӯт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zàbrinūt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "aprensivo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "inquieto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "orolig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "ängslig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "endişeli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "anticipating something with anxiety or fear",
"word": "tedirgin"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎobrazitelen",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "съобразителен"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "善於領會的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shànyú lǐnghuì de",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "善于领会的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "反應敏銳的"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎnyìng mǐnruì de",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "反应敏锐的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "chápající"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "terävä-älyinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "tarkkanäköinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "älykäs"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "vif"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "perspicace"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "gewieft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "lernfähig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "scharfsinnig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "értelmes"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "jó felfogású"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "éles eszű"
},
{
"alt": "りかいがはやい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "rikai ga hayai",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "理解が早い"
},
{
"alt": "めいびんな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "meibin na",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "明敏な"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ihae-ga ppareun",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "이해(理解)가 빠른"
},
{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "chongmyeonghan",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "총명(聰明)한"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prónikliv",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "про́никлив"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ostróumen",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "остро́умен"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pojętny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "apreensivo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soobrazítelʹnyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "сообрази́тельный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponjátlivyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "поня́тливый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smyšljónyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "смышлёный"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "pronicátelʹnyj",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "проница́тельный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
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],
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{
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],
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{
"code": "sh",
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{
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "inteligèntan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "pronìcljiv"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "kıvrak zekâlı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "perceptive; quick to learn; intelligent; capable of grasping with the mind or intellect",
"word": "çabuk kavrayan"
}
],
"word": "apprehensive"
}
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