inapprehensive

Examples

• All

• This poem differs from Auden's, however, in that we have intermediaries between "inapprehensive" nature and the central tragedy of Procris's dead body: the hound and the satyr who keep watch, one at her head, the other at her feet (l. 33).

  Academic text (2017)

• The watchers, significantly, are not men but beasts or semibeasts, still differentiated from "inapprehensive" nature, perhaps ennobled by their attentive gaze: #

  Academic text (2017)

• She felt completely inapprehensive as she walked through the park under the warm sun.

• Despite the storm approaching, he remained inapprehensive and continued his picnic.

Synonyms

U

unafraid

vsinapprehensive

29 1.6

Not feeling fear or worry when facing danger

is lack of general anxiety not necessarily bravery in dangerous situations

U

unconcerned

vsinapprehensive

16 3.9

Not worried or showing little interest

is lack of anxiety without implying low interest or indifference

N

nonchalant

vsinapprehensive

15 7.5

Calm and relaxed, not showing that you are worried

is an inner absence of anxiety rather than a cool outward manner

U

unfazed

vsinapprehensive

5 5.3

Not worried or surprised by a sudden problem

is general absence of anxiety rather than specific resilience to surprises

U

unbothered

vsinapprehensive

• Informal

1 4.8

Not feeling worried or upset by something

is absence of anxiety rather than simply being emotionally unaffected

U

unalarmed

vsinapprehensive

3.8

Not worried or afraid when something might be wrong

is a general lack of anxiety not only in risky situations

U

unfearful

vsinapprehensive

5.1

Not afraid to do things that seem dangerous or difficult

is absence of worry and anxiety rather than complete lack of fear

U

unapprehensive

vsinapprehensive

9.5

Not aware of danger or risk

is simply not feeling anxious rather than being unaware of danger

Antonyms

A

anxious

201 2.7

Feeling worried or nervous about something that might happen

F

fearful

143 1.3

Feeling afraid or nervous and easily frightened

A

apprehensive

36 5.0

Feeling worried that something bad will happen

How Anxious

panicked

16 4.6

anxious

201 2.7

worried

∞ 1.0

inapprehensive

9.1

untroubled

4 3.5

calm

735 1.0

serene

38 3.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology