Clues for the word "APPREHENSION"
We've had 8 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 7 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on June 27, 2025.
Definition of apprehension
- n. - The act of seizing or taking hold of; seizure; as, the hand is an organ of apprehension.
- n. - The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest; as, the felon, after his apprehension, escaped.
- n. - The act of grasping with the intellect; the contemplation of things, without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment; intellection; perception.
- n. - Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
- n. - The faculty by which ideas are conceived; understanding; as, a man of dull apprehension.
- n. - Anticipation, mostly of things unfavorable; distrust or fear at the prospect of future evil.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - June 27, 2025
- Mirror Quick - January 16, 2018
- Guardian Quick - January 30, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - September 24, 2008
- Guardian Cryptic - June 25, 2008
- Guardian Cryptic - August 15, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - October 10, 1999