apprehensiveness

Synonyms:

apprehension, dread

Types:

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trepidation

a feeling of alarm or dread

boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment

a feeling of evil to come

suspense

apprehension about what is going to happen

gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness

a feeling of melancholy apprehension

chill, pall

a sudden numbing dread

shadow

a premonition of something adverse

presage

a foreboding about what is about to happen

Type of:

fear, fearfulness, fright

an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)